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O   L   N'E   Y       H   Y   M   N   S, 


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BOOK  I.  On  select 
Texts  of  Scripture. 

gO OK  If,  On  occasi- 
onal Subjects. 


BOOK     III.     On    the 

Progress  and  chan- 
ges of  the  Spiritual 
Life. 


By   the  Rev.    JOHN     NEWTON, 
LONDON. 


-Cantaiitis,  Arcades^  inqu;tt 


stantibus  hcec  vejiris  :  foli  cant  are  periti 
Arcades,      0  m'ibi  turn  quam  molliter  ejfa  quiefcant 
Vefra  meos  olim  ft  fflula  dicat  amoves  ! 

Virgil.  Eel.  x.  31. 

And  they  fung  as  it    iverc   a   fieiv  fong    before    the  throne  :   and   *„ 
c$uld  learn  that  fong,  but  the  redeemed  from  the  earth. 

Rev.  xiv.  3. 

As  fot  rowful — yet  always  rejoicing. 


Z  Cor.  vi.   10. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
Fainted    fcv   WILLIAM  YOUNG,  Bookseller,  N°.    5*, 

SecQNU-STAEET,  THE  CORNER  of  CliE 5iN VT- 5TKE E T. 
M,DCC,XCU, 


PREFACE. 

CO  P  I  E  S  of  a  few  of  thefe  Hymns  have  alrea- 
dy appeared  in  periodical  publications,  and  in 
fome  recent  collections.   I  have  obferved  one  or  two 
of  them  attributed  to  perfons  who  certainly  had  no 
concern  in  them,  but  as  tranfcribers.    All  that  have 
been  at  different  times  parted  with  inmanufcript  are 
included  in  the  prefent  volume;  and  (if  the  informa- 
tion were  of  any  great  importance)  the  public  may 
be  allured  that  the  whole  number  were  compofedby 
two  perfons  only.  The  original  defign  would  not  ad- 
mit of  any  other  aflbciation.     A  defire  of  promoting 
the  faith   and  comfort  of  fincere  Chriftians,  though 
the  principal,  was  not  the  only  motive  to  this  under- 
taking.  It  was  likewife  intended  as  a  monument,  to 
pSrpc^ale  the  remembrance  of  an  intimate  and  en- 
deared friendfliip.  With  this  pleafing  view  I  enter- 
ed upon   my  part,  which  would  have  been   fmaller 
than  it  is,   and  the  book  would  have  appeared  much 
fooner,  and   in  a  very   different   form,  if  the  wife, 
though  myfterious  providence  of  God,  had  not  feen 
fit  to  crofs  my  wifties.  We  had  not  proceeded  far  up- 
on our  propofedplan,  before  my  dear  friend  was  pre- 
vented, by  a  long  and  affe&ing  indifpofition,  from  af- 
fording me  any  farther  aliiftance.   My  grief  and  dis- 
appointment were  great  ;   I  hung  my  harp  upon  the 
willows,  and  for  fome  time  thought myfelf  determin- 
ed to  proceed  no  farther  without  him.  Yet  n 
was  afterwards  led  to  relume  the  fervice.    My  i 
grefs  in  it,  amidit  a  variety  of  other   engageme 
has  been  (low,  yet  in  the  courfe  of  years,  tl 
amounted  to  a  confiderable  number  j  And  my  del 
ence  to  the  judgment  and   defires  ofothersj 
length    overcome   the  reluctance  I    long  felt  to 
theoiin  print,  while  I  had  fo  few  of  my  friend's  hymns 
to  infer:  :u  the  collection.      Though  it  is  poffible  a 

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iv  PREFACE. 

good  judge  of  competition  might  be  able  todiftinguifli 
thofe  which  are  his,  I  have  thought  it  proper  to  pre- 
clude a  mifapplicatioiv,  by  prefixing  the  letter  (c)  to 
each  of  them.     For  the  ieit  I  mult  be  reJponiible. 

There  is  a  ftylie  and  manner  fu'ited  to  the  compo- 
fition  of  hymns,  which  may  be  more  fuccefs fully,  or 
at  leaft  more  eaiily  attained  by  a  veriifier,  than  by  a 
poet.  "I  hey  ihould  be  Hymns,  not  Cdcs,  if  defigxed 
for  public  worfhip,  and  for  the  life  of  plain  people. 
Perfpicuity,  fimplicity  and  eafe  mould  be  chiefly  at- 
tended to  :  and  the  imagery  and  colouring  of  poe- 
try, if  admitted  at  all,  ihould  be  indulged  very  fpar- 
ingtyaiid  with  great  judgment.  The  late  Dr.  JVattsf 
many  cf  whole  hymns  are  admirable  patterns  in  this 
{secies  of  writing,  might  as  a  poet,  have  a  right  to 
•lav,  that  it  coft  him  feine  labour  to  re  drain  his  fire1, 
and  to  accommodate  birafelf  to  the  capacities  of  com- 
mon readers.  But  it  would  ftp*  become  me  to  make 
-  :::  a  declaration.  It  behoved  me  to  do  my  beft. 
But  though  I  would  not  offend  readers  of  tafte  by  a 
wilful  coarfenefs  and  negligence,  I  do  not  write  pro- 
feffcdlv  for  them.  If  the  Lord,  whom  I  ferve,  has 
been  plcafed  to  favour  me  with  that  mediocrity  cf  ta- 
jentj  which  for  ufefulnefs-to   the 

v,eak  and  the  poor  of  his  licck,  without  quite  dif- 
ggfting  peribns  o(  v.eat,  I  have  rca- 

n  to  be  faiisficd. 

:-rt  of  man.   arc1,  cf  lhe 
Spirit  of  Qod,  are  in  general  the  i  all  \.  ho 

are  lhe  of  grace,  I  hope  T.a  mhs, 

Jjeing  the  iVuit  a;  nee, 

>vill  coincide  with  the  views  of  real  Chriftians  cf  all 
uenoumiji  not  eipei 

i  ment  I  nave  ad'.  ajneed  v.  ill  be  on 
ed.  However,  lam  not  conic.  g  written 

a  fmgle  line  with  an  intention,  either  to  flatter,  cr 
to  b/fend  any  party  or  perfon  upon  earth.  I  have 
ihnply    declared   :nv    own    yiev/s   and   feelings  as  I 


P     R     E     F     A     C     K.  v 

might  have  done  if  I  had  compofed  hymns  in  fome 
of  the  newly  difcovered  iflands  in  the  South-Sea, 
where  no  perfon  had  any  knowledge  of  the  name  of 
Jesus,  but  myfelf.  I  am  a  friend  of  peace,  and  be- 
ing deeply  convinced  that  no  one  can  profitably  un- 
deritand  the  great  truths  and  doctrines  of  the  gofpel, 
any  farther  than  he  is  taught  of  God,  I  have  not  a 
v/ifh  to  obtrude  my  own  tenents  upon  others,  in  a 
Avay  of  controverfy  : — yet  I  do  not  think  myfelf 
bound  to  conceal  them.  Many  gracious  peiibns  (for 
many  fuch  I  am  perfcaded  there  are}  who  differ 
from  me,  more  or  or  lefs,  in  thofe  points  which  ire 
called  Calviniftic,  appear  defirous  that  the  Calvinifis 
mould,  for  their  fakes,  itudiqufly  avoid  every  ex. 
preihon  which  they  cannot  approve.  Yet  lew  of 
them,  I  believe,  impofe  a  like  restraint  upon  them- 
felves,  but  think  the  importance  of  what  they  d( 
to  be  truth,  juftifies  them  in  fpeaking  their  fenti- 
nients  plainly,  and  ftrongly.  May  I  not  for  an  equal 
liberty?  The  views  I  have  received  of  the  doc~tiir.es 
of  grace  are  eflential  to  my  peace,  I  could  not  me 
comfortably  a  day  or  an  hour  without  them.  I  like- 
wife  believe,  yea,  fo  far  as  my  poor  atttainments  war- 
rant me  to  fpeak,  I  know  them  to  be  friendly  io 
holinefs,  and  to  have  a  direct  influence  in  prodi;wii;<r 
and  maintaining  a  gofpel  converfation,  and  therefore 
I  muft  not  be  aihamed  of  them. 

The  Hymns  are  diftributed  into  three  Bocks,  In 
the  firft  1  have  clafied  thofe  which  are  formed  t 
felect  paffages  of  Scripture,  and  placed   thtm  in  the 
order  of  the  Books  of  the  Old  and  New  Teflament. 
The  fecond  contains  occafional  hymns  fuited  to  par- 
ilar  feafons,  or  fuggefted  by  particul 
.      1  he  third  Ppok  is   ftiifcel 
a  variety  bffubjed    relative  to  a  I 
Son  of  God,  which  have  no  e*pr<  i 
r  to  afiogle  text  of  fcriptur 
fan  or  iacWeat,    'i  I 


P     R     E     F     A.    C     E. 

to  diftin&  heads.  This  arrangement  is  not  fo  accu- 
rate  but  tiiat  feveral  of  the  hymns  might  have  been 
reiltly  difpoild.  Some  attention  to  method  may 
be  found  convenient,  though  a  logical  exactnefs  was 
hardly  practicable.  As  Tome  fubjecls  in  the  feveral 
books  are  near1;,  co-incident,  I  have,  under  the  divi- 
sions in  the  tiiird  Book,  pointed  out  thofe  which  are 
fnnilar  in  the  two  former.  And  I  have  like  wife  here 
a  id  there  in  the  tfrlt  and  fecond,  made  reference  to 
hymns  of  a  like  import  in  the  third. 

This  publication,  which,  with  my  humble  prayer 
to  the  Lord  for  his  LleiTing  upon  it,  I  offer  to  the 
fervice  and  acceptance  of  all  who  love  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  in  lincerity,  of  every  name  and  in  e- 
Very  place,  into  whofe  hands  it  may  come.  I  more 
particularly  dedicate  to  my  dear  friends  in  the  parifh 
and  neighbourhood  of  Olney,  for  whole  ufe  the 
hymns  were  originally  compofed ;  as  a  teftimony  of 
ihe  ilncere  love  I  bear  them,  and  as  a  token  of  my 
oratiuide  to  the  Lord,  and  to  them  for  the  comfort 
and  fatisfaction  with  which  the  difcharge  of  my  mi. 
viiitry  among  them  has  been  attended. 

The  hour  is  approaching,  and  at  my  time  of  life, 
cannot  be  very  diftant,  when  my  heart,  my  pen  and 
rtiV  tono-ue  will  no  longer  be  able  to  move  in  their 
i  ;rvice.  But  I  truft,  while  my  heart  continues  to 
beat,  it  will  feel  a  warm  defire  for  the  profperity  of 
their  fouls ;  and  while  my  hand  can  write,  and  my 
tonrrue  fpeak,  it  will  be  the  bufinefs  and  pleafure  of 
r:.y  life,  to  aim  at  promoting  their  growth  and  efta- 
blifhment  in  the  grace  of  our  God  and  Saviour. 
To  this  precious  grace  I  commend  them,  and  ear- 
neftly  intreat  them,  and  all  who  love  his  name,  to 
itrive  mightily  with  his  prayers  to  God  for  me,  that 
I  may  be  preserved  faithful  to  the  end,  and  enabled 
at  laft  to  finilh  my  courfe  with  joy. 

JOHN    NEWTON, 

Olney,  Bucks, 
Feb.  if,  1779* 


O  L  N  E  Y    HYMNS,   6c. 


BOOK       I. 

O    N 

SELECT  PASSAGES  of  SCRIPTURE. 

GENESIS. 
HYMN    L     ADA  M     Chap,  iii, 

i    f~\  N  man,  in  his  own  image  made, 

V^/    How  much  did  God  bellow  ? 

The  whole  creation  homage  paid, 

And  own'd  him,  lord  below  ! 

2  He  dwelt  in  Eden's  garden,  ftor'd 

With  fweets  for  ev'ry  fenfe; 
Avid  there  with  his  defcending  Lord, 
He  walk'd  in  coniidence. 

3  But  oh  !  by  im  how  quickly  chang'd? 

His  honour  forfeited, 
His  heart  from  God  and  truth,  eftrang'd, 
His  confcience  fill'd  with  dread  ! 

4  Now  from  his  Maker's  voice  he  flees, 

Which  was  before  his  joy  ; 
And  thinks  to  hide  amidfi  the  trees, 
From  an  all- feeing  eye. 

5  CompellM  to  anfwer  tc  his  name  ; 

With  ftubbornefs  and  pridr 
He  caft  on  God  himfclf  the  blame, 
Nor  once  for  mercy  cry'd. 

6  But 


8  GENESIS.  Bk.  I. 

6  But  grace,  unafk'd,  his  heart  fubdu'd, 

And  all  his  guilt  forgave  ; 
By  faith  the  promised  feed  he  view'd, 
Aiid  felt  his  pow'r  to  fave. 

7  Thus  we  onrfelves  would  juftify, 

Though  we  the  law  tranfgreis; 
Like  him,  unable  to  deny,. 
Unwilling  to  confefs. 

8  But  when  by  faith  the  Tinner  fees 

A  pardon  bought  with  blood, 
Then  he  forfakes  his  fooliih  pleas, 
And  gladly  turns  to  God. 

II.    C  A  IN  and  ABEL.    Chap.  iv.  3—8. 

1    T  T  7  HEN  Adam  fell,   he  quickly  loft 
\  V     God's  image  which  he  once  poffeft  ; 
See  All  our  nature  fince  could  boaft 
In  Cain,  his  firft  born  fon  exprefs'd  ! 

a  The  Sacrifice  the  Lord  ordain'd 
In  type  of  the  Redeemer's  blood, 
Self-righteous  reas'ning  Cain  difdain'd, 
And  thought  his  own  nr ft- fruits  as  good. 

3  Yet  rage  and  envy  fill'd  his  mind, 
When  with  a  fullen  downcaft  look, 
He  faw  his  brother  favour  find, 
Who  God's  appointed  method  tock. 

4  By  Cain's  own  hand  good  Abel  dy?d, 
Becaufe  vhe  Lord  approved  his  faith  ; 
And,  when  his  blood  for  vengeance  cry'd, 
He  vainly  thought  to  hide  his  death. 

5  Such  was  the  wicked  murd'rer  Cain, 
And  fuch  by  nature  ftill  are  we, 
Until  by  grace  we're  born  again, 
Malicious,  blind,  and  proud,  as  he. 

6  Like 


Hy.  3.  GENESIS. 

6  Like  him  the  way  cf  grace  we  flight 
And  in  our  own  devices  truft, 

Call  evil  good;   and  darknefs  light, 
And  hate  and  perfecute  the  juft. 

7  The  faints  in  ev'ry  age  and  phce, 
Have  found  his  hiftory  fulfil] 'd  ; 

The  numbers  all  cur  thoughts  furpafs, 
Of  Abels,  whom  the  Cajns  have  kilPd  (i)! 

8  Thus  Jesus  fell — but  oh  !    Ids  blood 
Far  better  things  than  Abel's  cries  (2)  : 
Obtains  his  murdVers  peace  with  God, 
And  gains  them  manfions  in  the  flues. 

III.    (c)    Walking  with  God.     Chap.   v.   24. 

1  /^\H  !   for  a  clofer  walk  with  God; 
V^   A  calm  and  heavenly  frame  ; 

A  light  to  mine  upon  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb  ! 

2  Where  is  the  blefTednefs  I  knew 

When  firft  I  faw  the  Lord  ? 
Where  is  the  foul  rcfre  filing  view 
Of  Jesus,   and  his  word  ? 

?   What  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoy'd  ! 
fweet  their  inem'ry  ftill  ! 
But  they  have  left  an  aching  void, 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  R.eturn,   O  holy  Dove,  return, 

Sweet  meflenger  of  reft ; 
I  hate  the  fins  that  made  the  moi'; 
And  drove  the  from  my  brealt  : 

5  The  deareft  idol  I  have  known,, 

Whate'cr  that  idol  be, 
Help  me  to  tear  it  from  thy  throne, 
And  worfiiip  only  thee. 


(i)  Rom.  v'ii.  36,  (2)  1Kb.  si 


jo  GENESIS.  .  1. 

6  So  mall  my  walk  be  dole  with  God, 

Calm  and  ferene  my  frame  ; 

So  purer  light  lhall  mark  the  road 

That  leads  me  to  the  Lamh. 

IV.     Another. 

1  T)  Y  faith  in  Christ  I  walk  with  God, 

£3  Withheav'Oj  my  journey's  end,  in  view  ; 
Supported  by  his  itafFand  rod  (r), 
My  road  is  fafe  and  plea: ant  too. 

2  I  travel  through  a  defart  wii 
Where  many  round  me  blindly  ftray ; 
But  he  vouchsafes  to  be  my  guide  (2), 
And  will  not  let  me  mifs  my  v. 

3  Though  (hares  and  dangers  throng  my  p;. 
And  earth  and  hell  my  courfe  withfta:  i 

I  triumph  over  all  by  faith 
Guarded  by  his  Almighty  hand. 

4  The  wildernefs  no  fcod, 
But  God  for  my  fupport  prepares  ; 
Provides  me  ev'ry  needful  good, 

And  ir^es  m  r^s. 

fweet  converfe  I  n 
Grea:  as  he  is,   I  ;  free; 

I  : 
And  lie  reveals  his  lev. 

6  Some  cordial  from  his  word  he  brings, 
Whene'er  my  feeble  fpirit 
:nce  mv  foul  revives  and  lii 

o    * 

:.o  more  to  lad 

-   I  pity  all  that  worl 
Of  pleafures  tha: 
Be  :.. 

?nd, 

n  xiiii.  4.  1 .  : . 


d 


Hy.  GENESIS.  ii 

V.      LOT  in  Sodom.     Chap,  yji'u  ic. 
i   T  TOW  hurtful  was  the  choice  of  Lot, 
Xx   Who  took  up  his  abode 
(Becaufe  it  was  a  fruitful  fpot) 
With  them  who  fear  not  God  ! 

2  A  prisoner  he  was  quickly  made, 
Bereav'd  of  all  hisftore; 
And,  but  for  Abraham's  timely  aid, 
He  had  return'd  no  more. 

Yet  ftill  he  feein'd  refolv'd  to  flay, 

As  if  it  were  his  reft; 
Altho'  their  fins  from  day  to  day  (i) 

His  righteous  foul  diftreiVd. 

4  Awhile  he  ftay'd  w  ith  anxious  mind, 

Exposed  to  fcorn  and  frrife ; 
At  laft  he  left  his  aU  behind, 
And  fled  to  fave  his  life. 

5  In  vain  his  fons  in-law  he  warrr'd, 

They  thought  he  told  his  dreams  : 
His  daughters  too,  of  him  had  learn'd, 
And  periih'd  in  the  flames. 

6  His  wife  efcapM  a  little  *vay, 

But  dy'd  for  looking  back  : 
Does  not  her  cafe  to  pilgrims  fay, 
"  Beware  of  growing  flack 

7  Yea  Lot  himfelf  could  ling'rkig  ftand, 

Tho*  vengeance  was  in  view  ; 
Twaj  mercy  pluck'd  him  L>y  the  hand, 
Or  he  had  perinYd  too, 

Z  The  doom  of  Sodom  will  be  curs, 
)  the  earth  we  cleave  ; 
Lord  quicken  all  our  pert  *r ', 

fiee  to  thee  and  live. 

p)  %  Pet.  ii.  ?f 

VI. 


I'Z 


GENESIS  Bk.  I. 


VI.      (c)    JEHOVAH-JIREH.  The  Lord  will  pro- 
vide*     Chap.  xxii.  14. 

1  ^T^HE  faints  fhould  never  be  difmay'd, 

X     Nor  fink  in  hopelefs  fear  ; 
For  when  they  lead  expert  his  aid, 
The  Saviour  will  appear. 

2  This  Abraham  found,  he  rais'd  the  knife, 

God  faw,  and  faid,  u  Forbear  ;" 
Yon  ram  fhall  yield  his  meaner  life  ; 
Behold  the  vi&im  there. 

g  Once  David  feem'd  Saul's  certain  prey  5 
But  hark!   the  foe's  at  hand  (1) 
Saul  turns  his  arms  another  way, 
To  fave  the  invaded  land. 

A  When  Jonah  funk  beneath  the  wave, 
He  thought  to  raife  no   more  (2) ; 
But  God  prepar'd  a  fifh  to  fave, 
And  bear  him  to  the  more. 

5  Bleft  proofs  of  pow'r  and  grace  divine, 

That  meet  us  in  his  word  ! 
May  ev'ry  deep-felt  care  of  mine 
Be  trufted  with  the  Lord. 

6  Wait  for  his  feafonable  aid, 

And  tho'  it  tarry,  wait : 
The  promife  may  be  long  delay'd, 
But  cannot  come  too  late. 

VII.     The  Lord  will  provide 
5   rx^HO'  troubles  affail, 
JL        And  dangers  affright, 
Tho'  friends  mould  all  fail, 
And  foes  all  unite  ; 
Yet  one  thing  iecures  us, 
Whatever  betide, 
The  kripture  allures  us, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

(1)  Sam.  xxiii.  7.  (a)  Jonah  \,  17. 

2  The 


Hv.  7.  GENESIS.  i3 

2  The  birds  without  barn 
Or  ftorehoufe  are  fed, 
From  them  let  us  learn 
To  truft  for  our  bread  : 
His  faints  what  is  fitting, 
Shall  ne'er  be  deny'd 
So  long  as  'tis  written, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

3  We  may,  like  the  /hips, 
By  tempefts  be  toll 

On  perilous  deeps, 
But  cannot  be  loll  : 
Though  Satan  enrages 
The  wind  and  the  tide, 
The  promife  engages, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

4  His  call  we  obey, 
Like  Abra'm  of  old, 
Not  knowing  our  way, 
But  faith  makes  us  bold  ; 
For  though  we  are  ftrangers, 
We  have  a  good  guide, 

And  truft  in  all  dangers 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

5  When  Satan  appears 
To  flop  up  our  path, 
And  fill  us  with  fears,, 
We  triumph  by  faith  ; 
He  cannot  take  from  us, 
Though  oft  he  has  try'd, 
This  heart- cheering  promife, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

6  Tie  tells  us  we're  weak, 
Our  hope  is  in  vain, 
The  good  that  we  ieek 
We  ne'er  fall  obtain  ^ 

B  But 


*4  GENESIS.  Bk.  I. 

But  when  fuch  fuggoftjons 
Our  fpirits  have  ply'd, 
This  aniwers  all  m.icflions, 
The  Lord  will  provide, 

7  No  ftrengtk  of  cur  own, 
Or  gcodnefs  we  claim, 
Ye;  knee  we  have  known 
The  Saviour's  great  name, 
In  this  our  flrong  tower 
For  fafety  we  hide, 

The  Lord  is  our  power, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

8  When  life  finks  apace, 
And  death  is  in  view, 
This  word  of  his  grace 
Shall  comfort  us  through  : 
No  fearing  or  doubting, 
With  Christ  on  our  fide 
We  hope  to  die  fhouting 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

VIII.  ESAU.  Chap.  xxv.   34.   Heb.  xii.    16. 
j   T^  OOR  Efau  repented  too  late, 

JL       That  once  he  his  birth-right  defpis'd-; 
And  fold  for  a  morfel  of  meat, 
What  could  not  too  highly  be  priz'd  : 
How  great  was  his  anguim  when  told, 
The  blejfing  he  fought  to  obtain, 
Was  gone  with  the  birth-right  he  fold, 
And  none  could  recal  it  again  ! 

1  He  {lands  as  a  warning  to  al], 
Vfherever  the  gofpel  ihall  come  ; 
O  haften  and  yield  to  the  call 
While  yet  for  repentance  there's  room  ! 
Your  feafon  will  quickly  be  paft  ; 
Then  hear  and  obey  it  to-day, 
Lell  when  you  feek  mercy  at  laft, 
The  Saviour  fliould  frown  you  away. 

2  What 


Hv.  9.  G  E  N  E  Sib.  i5 

3   What  is  it  the  work!  can  propofe  : 
A  morfel  of  meat  at  the  beft  ! 
For  this  are  you  willing  to  lofe 
A  (hare  in  the  joys  of  the  bleft  ? 
Itspleafures  will  fpeedily  end, 
Its  favour  and  praife  are  but  breath  ; 
And  what  am  its  profits  befriend 
Your  foul  in  th?  moments  of  death? 

I  If  Jesus  for  thefe  you  dcfp'ife, 
And  Go  to  the  Saviour  prefer  ; 
In  vain  your  intreaties  and  cries, 
When  fnmmon'd  to  ftand  at  his  bar  : 
How  will  you  his  pre  fence  abide  ? 
What  anguifh  will  torture  your  heart  : 
The  faints  all  enthroned  by  his  fide, 
And  you  be  compelPd  to  depart. 

^   Too  often,  dear  Saviour,  have  I 
Preferred  fome  poor  trifle  to  thee ; 
How  is  it  thou  doit  not  deny 
The  blefling  and  birth-right  to  n;e? 
No  better  than  Efau  I  a::>, 
Though  pardon  and  heavm  be  mine  ; 
To  me  belongs  nothing  bin  fhame. 
The  praife  and  the  glory  be  thine. 

IX.   J  A  COB9  s  ladder.    Chap.  xxviii«    12. 

1  TF  the  Lord  our  leader  be, 

JL  We  may  follow  without  fear; 
Eaft  or  Weft,  by  land  cr  fea, 
Home,   with  him  is  ev'ry  where  : 
When  from  Efau  Jacob  fled, 
Though  his  pillow  was  a  ftone, 
And  the  ground  his  humble  bed, 
Yet  he  was  not  left  alone. 

2  Kings  are  often  waking  kept, 
Rack'd  with  cares  on  beds  of  ftate  ; 
Never  king  like  Jacob  flept, 

For  he  lay  at  heav'ns  gate  : 

Lo  ! 


i6.  GENESIS.  Bk.  I. 

Lo  !   he  faw  a  Ladder  rear'd, 
Reaching  to  the  heav'nly  throne  ; 
At  the  top  the  Lord  appear'd, 
Spake*  and  claim'd  him  for  his  own. 

3  u  Fear  not,  Jacob,  thou  art  mine, 
And  my  prefence  with  thee  goes  ; 
On  thy  heart  my  love  fhall  ikine, 
And  my  arm  fubdue  thy  foes  : 
From  my  promife  comfort  take, 
For  my  help  in  trouble  call ; 
Never  will  I  thee  forfake, 

'Till  I  have  accomplifh'd  all." 

4  Weil  dees  Jacob's  ladder  fuit 
To  the  gofpei  throne  of  grace; 
We  are  at  the  ladder's  foot, 
Ev'ry  hour  in  ev'ry  place  : 

By  afluming  flefh  and  blood, 
Jesus  heav'n  and  earth  unites; 
We  by  faith  afcend  to  God  (i)  ; 
God  to  dwell  with  us  delights. 

5  They  who  know  the  Saviour's  name, 
Are  for  all  events  prepared  ; 

What  can  changes  do  to  them, 
Who  have  fach  a  guide  and  guard  I 
Should  they  traverle  earth  around, 
To  the  ladder  it 1 1 1  they  come  : 
Ev'ry  fpot  is  holy  ground, 
God  is  there — and  he's  their  home. 

X.    My  name  is  J 'A C 0 B.     Chap,  xxxii.   27* 

I  cannot  let  thee  go, 
Till  a  biefling  thou  bellow  ; 
:>t  turn  away  thy  £dcey 
Mine's  an  urgent,  prciiing  cafe, 

(0  %  Cqi\  vi.  16. 

2  Doft 


Hy.   ii.  GENESIS.  17 

2  Doft  thou  afk  me,    who  I  am  ? 

Ah,    my  Lord,  thou  know'ft  my  name  ! 
Yet  the  queftion  gives  a  plea, 
To  fupport  my  fuit  with  thee. 

3  Thou  didft  once  a  wretch  behold, 
In  rebellion  blindly  bold, 
Scorn  thy  grace,  thy  pow'r  defy, 
That  poor  rebel,  Lord,  was  I. 

4  Once  a  fmner  near  defpair 
Sought  thy  mercy-feat  by  pray'r  ; 
Mercy  heard  and  fet  him  free, 
Lord,   that  mercy  came  to  me. 

5  Many  years  have  pafsM  fince  then ; 
Many  changes  I  have  feen  ; 

Yet  have  been  upheld  till  now, 
Who  could  hold  me  up  but  thou. 

6  Thou  haft  help'd  in  ev'ry  need, 
This  emboldens  me  to  plead  ; 
After  fo  much  mercy  paft, 
Canft  thou  let  me  link  at  laft  I 

7  No — I  muft  maintain  my  hold, 
;Tis  thy  goodnefs  makes  me  bold  ; 
I  can  no  denial  take, 

When  I  plead  for  Jesus  fake. 

XI.   Plenty  in  ths  time    of  dearth.  Chap.  xli.    cfi. 

1  A  T  Y  foul  once  had  its  plenteous  years, 

xVi   And  throve,    with  peace  and  comfort  SUM, 
Like  the  fat  kine  and  ripen'd  ears, 
Which  Pharaoh  in  his  dream  beheld. 

2  With  pleafing  frames  and  grace  received, 
With  means  and  ordinances  fa]? 

lio.v  happy  for  a  vrhrle  1  iiv'd, 
And  little  fear'd-the  want  of  bread. 

B  2  3  But 


i8  GENESIS.  Bk.  I. 

;   But  famine  came  and  left  no  fign 
Of  all  the  plenty  I  had  feen  ; 
Like  the  dry  ears  and  half-ftarv'd  kine, 
I  then  look'd  wither'd,  faint  and  lean. 

4  To  Jofeph  the  Egyptians  went ; 
To  Jesus  I  made  known  my  cafe  ; 
He,   when  my  little  ftock  was  fpent, 
Open'd  his  magazine  of  grace. 

5  For  he  the  time  of  dearth  forefaw, 
And  made  proviiion  long  before; 

That  famiih'd  fouls,   like  me,  might  draw 
Supplies  from  his  unbounded  (lore. 

6  Now  on  his  bounty  I  depend, 

And  live  from  fear  of  dearth  fecure  ; 
Maintain'd  by  fuch  a  mighty  friend, 
I  cannot  want  till  he  is  poor. 

7  O  fmners,   hear  his  gracious  call  f 
His  mercy's  door  {lands  open  wide; 
He  has  enough  to  feed  you  all, 
And  none  who  ccme  mall  be  deny'cL 

XII.      JOSEPH    made    known    to    his     brethren. 
Chap.  xlv.  3.  4. 

1  T  T  7  HEN  Jofeph  his  brethren  beheld, 

\V    Afflicted  and  trembling  with  fer.rA 
His  heart  with  companion  was  fill'd, 
From  weeping  he  could  not  forbear. 
A  while  his  behaviour  was  rough, 
To  bring  their  paft  fin  to  their  mind; 
But,   when  they  were  humbled  enough. 
He  hafied  to  fhew  himfelf  kind. 

2  How  little  they  thought  it  was  he, 
Whom  they  had  ill-treated  and  fold  ! 
How  great  their  confufion  mod  be, 
As  foon  r»s  his  name  he  had  told  ! 


Hv.   12.  GENESIS,  19 

u  I  am  Jofeph,  your  brother,  he  faid, 
And  (till  to  my  heart  you  are  dear, 
You  fold  me,  and  thought  I  was  dead, 
But  God,  for  your  fakes,  fent  me  here." 

3  Though  greatly  diftrefled  before, 

purloinin?  the  cup, 
They  now  were  confounded  much  more, 
Not  one  of  them  durft  to  look 
"  Can  Jofeph,  ve  woulcTEave  0aina 

Forgive  us  the  evil  we  did  ? 

ad  will  he  our  houfholds  maintain  > 
O  this  is  a  brother  indeed  ! 

4  Tiros  drr.g-'d  by  my  czr:fc'\ence>  I  came, 
And  laden  with  guilt,  to  the  Lord  ; 
Surrounded  with  terror  and  fhame, 

\ble  to  utter  a  word. 
At  firft  he  look'd  ftern  and  fevere, 
What  anguiih  then  pierced  my  heart, 
Expecting  each  moment  to  hear 
The  fentence,  "  Thou  curled  dep2rt  P* 

:  furprife  when  he  fpoke, 
rendernefs  beam'd  in  his  f^ce  ; 
:o  pieces  was  broke, 
O'er  whelmed  and  confounded  by  grace  : 
u  Poor  (inter  I  know  thee  full  well, 
By  tbee  I  was  fold  and  was  ilain  ; 
But  I  dy\i  to  redeem  thee  from  hell, 
And  raife  thee  in  glory  to  reign . 

6  I  am  Jf.sus,  whom  thou  batt  blafphem'd, 
:A  crucify'd  often  afreih  ; 

:nceforrh  be  efteem'd, 
brother,   thy  bone,  and  thy  fle/h  : 
.  pardon  I  freely  beftfcw, 
Thy  wants  I  will  Rill)  fupply  ; 
I'll  guide  thee  and  gunrd  thee  below, 
...d  foon  will  remove  thee  on  high. 

7  Cc, 


*o  EXODUS.  Bk.  I. 

7   Go,  publifh  to  finners  around, 
That  they  may  be  willing  to  come, 
The  mercy  which  now  you  have  found, 
And  tell  th  m  that  yet  there  is  room*" 
Oh  finners,  the  meflage  obey  ! 
No  more  vain  excufes  pretend  ; 
But  come  without  further  delay, 
To  Jesus,  our  brother  and  friend. 


EXODUS. 

XIII.    The   bitter  waters.     Chap.    xv.    23 — 25. 

1  TT>  ITTER  indeed  the  waters  are 
13  Which  in  this  defart  flow ; 
Though  to  the  eye  they  promife  fair, 

They  tafte  of  fin  and  woe. 

2  Of  pleafing  draughts  I  once  could  dream, 

But  now  awake,    I  find, 
That  fin  has  poifon'd  every  ftream, 
And  left  a  curfe  behind. 

3  But  there's  a  wonder  working  wood, 

I've  heard  believers  fay, 
Can  make  thefe  bitter  waters  good, 
And  take  the  curie  away. 

4  The  virtues  of  this  healing  tree" 

Are  known  and  priz'd  by  few  : 
Reveal  this  fecret,   Lord,   to  me, 
That  I  may  prize  it  too. 

5  The  crofs  on  which  the  Saviour  dy'd, 

And  conquer'd  for  his  faints  ; 
This  is  the  tree,   by  faith  apply'd, 
Which  fweetens  all  complaints. 

6  Thoufands 


Hy.  i4-  EXODUS.  01 

6  Thoufands  have  found  the  blefs'd  eflec:, 

Nor  longer  mourn  their  lot ; 
While  on  his  lor  row  they  reflect, 
Our  own  are  all  forgot. 

7  When  they,  by  faith,  beheld  the    :rofs, 

Tho'  many  griefs  they  meet; 
They  draw  again  from  ev'ry   lofs, 
And  find  the  bitter  iweet. 

XIV.  (c)  JEHOVsIH     RO PHI— lam  the  Lori* 

that  healeth  ike?.    Chap,  xv, 
i   T  TEAL  us,  I.  EL,  here  we  are, 

A  JL   Wailing  to  feel  tliy   touch  ; 
Deep  wounded  fouls  to  thee  repair, 
And,    Saviour,   we  are  fuch. 

2  Our   faith  is  feeble,   we   confefs, 

We  faintly  truft  thy  word  ; 
But  wilt  thou  pity  us  the  lefs? 
Be  that  far  from  the  Lord  ! 

3  Remember  him  who  or.ce  npply'd- 

With  trembling  for  relit 
u  Lord,  I  believe,   with  tears  he  cr/d  (i), 
O  help  my  unbelief." 

4  She  too,   who  touchM  thee  in  the  prefs, 

And  healing  virtue  Hole, 
Wa  red,  u  Daughter,  go  in  peace  (  i 

.  faith  hath  made  thee  whole*" 

5  Conceal'd  amidii:  the  gathering;, 

She  would  have  ihun'd  thy  view  ; 
And  if  her  faith  was  firm  and  ftroiig, 
Had  flrong  mifgi rings  too. 

6  Like  her,   with  hopes  and  fears  wc  come, 

To  touch  thee  if  we  D 
Oh  !  fend  us  not  derpairing  ho 
Send  none  unhealed   a 

(i)  Markix   24.  :.brkv.  34. 

XV 


22, 


E  i  O  D  U  S,  Bk.  I. 


XV.  MANNA.     Chap.  xvi.  18. 

I    m\JT  ANNA  to  Ifrael  well  fupply'd 
JL VX      The  want  of  other  bread  ; 
While  God  is  able  to  provide,- 
His  people  fhall  be  fed. 

1   (Thus  tho'  the  corn  and  wine  fhould  fail; 
And  creature-ftreams  be  dry  ; 
The  prayer  of  faith  will  ftill  prevail, 
For  bleffings  from  on  high.) 

3  Of  this,  kind  care  how  fweet  a  proof ! 

It  fuited  ev'ry  tafle  : 
Who  gathered  moft  had  jufl:  enough, 
Enough  who  gathered  Ieaft. 

4  'Tis  our  gracious  Lord  provides, 

Our  comforts  and  our  cares  ; 

His  own  unerring  hand  provides, 

And  o;ives  us  each  our  mares. 

5  He  knows  how  much  the  weak  can  bear, 

And  helps  them  when  they  cry  ; 
The  ftrongeft  have  no  ftrength  to  fpare, 
For  fuch  he'll  (trongly  try. 

6  Daily  they  faw  the  Manna  come 

And  cover  all  the  ground ; 
But  when  they  try'd  to  keep  at  home, 
Corrupted  loon  was  fouud. 

7  Vain  their  attempt  to  ftore  it  up, 

This  was  to  tempt  the  Lord  : 
Ifrael  muft  live  by  faith  and  hope, 
And  not  upon  a  hoard. 

XVI.  Manna  hoarded.     Chap.   xvi.   io. 

I    r  |  ^  H  E  Manna,  favour'd  IfraePs  meat, 
\         Was  gathered  day  by  day  ; 
When  all  the  hofi  was  ferv'd,   the  heat 
Melted  the  reft  away. 


2  Itl 


Hy.   17.  E  X  O  D  U  S.  23 

2  In  vain  to  hoard  it  up  they  try'd, 

A^ainft  to-morrow  came  ; 
It  then  bred  worms  and  putrify'd, 
And  proved  their  iin  and  fhame. 

3  'Twas  daily  bread  and  would  not  keep, 

But  mult  be  it  ill  renewed  ; 

Faith  mould  not  want  a  hoard  or  heap, 
But  trufl  the  Lord  for  food. 

4  The  truths  by  which  the  foul  is  fed, 

Mud  thus  be  had  afrefh, 
For  notions  refting  in  the  head, 
Will  only  feed  the  flefli. 

5  However  true  they  have  no  life 

Or  unction  to  impart ; 
They  breed  the  worms  of  pride  and  ftrife, 
But  cannot  cheer  the  heart. 

6  Nor  can  the  beft  experience  paft, 

The  life  of  faith  maintain  ; 
The  brighteft  hope  will  faint  at  lair, 
Unlefs  fupply'd  again. 

7  Dear  Lord  while  we  in  prayer  are  found, 

Do  thou  the  Manna  give  ; 

Oh!   let  it  fall  on  all  around, 

That  we  may  eat  and  live. 

XVII.     (c)     JEHOVAH     N  J  S  S  1. 
The  Lord  my  banner.  Chap.  xvii.  ij;. 

1    T^Y   whom   was  David  taught 
X3   To  aim  the  dreadful  blow. 
When  he  Goliah  fought, 
And  laid  the  Gittiie  low? 

■d  nor  fpeat  the  (tripling  took, 
But  chofe  a  pebble  from  the  brook. 

%  }  Twas  Ifrael's  God  and  King, 
Who  fin:  him  to  the  fight 
Who  gave  him  ilrength  to  liing, 

And 


24  EXODUS.  Bk.  I; 

And  fkill  to  aim  aright. 
Ye  feeble  faints  your  itrength  endures, 
Becaufe  young  David's  God  is  yours. 

3  Who  ordered  Gideon  forth, 

To  ftorm  the  invader's  camp  (i) 
With  arms  of  little  worth, 

A  pitcher  and  a  lamp? 
The  trumpets  made  his  coming  known. 
And  all  the  hoft  was  overthrown. 

4  Oh  !  I  have  feen  the  day, 

When  with  a  iingle  word, 
God  helping  me  to  fay, 

My  truft  is  in  the  Lord, 
My  foul  has  quelPd  a  thoufand  foes, 
Fearlefs  of  all  tiiat  could  oppofe. 

5  But  unbelief,  felf-will, 

Self-righteoufnefs  and  pride, 
How  often  do  they  fteal, 

My  weapon  from  my  fide  ? 
Yet  David's  Lorp,  and  Gideon's  friend, 
Will  help  his  fervant  to  the  end. 

XVIIL  The  golden  Calf.   Chap,  xxxii.  4.  41* 

1  117'HEN  Ifrael  heard  the  fiery  law, 

VV    From  Sinai's  top  proclaimed, 
Their  hearts  feem'd  lull  nf  holy  awe, 
Their  ftubborn  fpirits  tam?*d. 

2  Yet  as  forgetting  all  they  knew, 

Ere  forty  days  were  paft, 
W  ith  blazing  Sinai  ftHl  in  view, 
A  molten  calf  they  cafh 

3  Yea  Aaron,  God's  anointed  prieft. 

Who  on  the  mount  had  been, 
He  durft  prepare  the  idol  beajr, 
And  lead   them  on  to  fin. 

*  (0  Judges,  vii.  7,0'i 

4   LoRD; 


Hy.  i9.  LEVITICU  S.  25 

4  Lord,  what  is  man,  and  what  are  we, 

To  recompence  thee  thus  ! 
In  their  offence  our  own  we  fee, 
Their  ftory  points  at  us. 

5  From  Sinai  we  heard  thee  fpeak, 

A  id  from  mount  Calv'ry  too  ; 
And  yet  to  idols  oft  we  feek, 
While  thou  art  in  our  view« 

6  Some  golden  calf,   or  golden  dream, 

Some  fancied  creature-good, 
Prefumes  to  fhare  the  heart  with  him, 
Who  bought  the  whole  with  blood. 

7  Lord,  fave  us  from  our  golden  calves, 

Our  fin  with  grief  we  own  ; 
We  would  no  more  be  thine  by  halves, 
But  live  to  thee  alone. 


LEVITICUS. 
XIX.  The  true  Aaron*   Chap.  viii.   7 — 9. 

1  C<  EE  Aaron,  God's  anointed  prieft, 
k3  Within  the  vale  appear, 

In  robes  of  myftic  meaning  dreft, 
Prefenting  IfraePs  prayer. 

2  The  plate  of  gold  which  crowns  his  brows, 

His  holinefs  defcribes  ; 
His  breaft  difplays  in  ihining  rows, 
The  names  of  all  the  tribes. 

3  With  the  atoning  blood  he  Hands 

Before  the  mercy-feat, 
And  clouds  of  incenfe  from  his  hands 
Arife  with  odour  fvvcet. 

C  4  Urim 


rf  NUMBERS.  Bk. 

4  Urim  and  Thummin  near  his  heart, 

In  rich  engravings  worn, 
The  facrcd  light  of  truth  impart, 
To  teach  and  to  adorn. 

5  Through  him,  the  eye  of  faith  defcribes 

A  greater  Prieft  than  he  : 
Thus  Jesus  pleads  above  the  Ikies, 
For  you,  my  friends,   and  me. 

6  He  bears  the  names  of  all  his  faints, 

Deep  on  his  heart  engrav'd  ; 
Attentive  to  the  (late  and  wants 
Of  all  his  love  has  fav'd. 

7  In  him  a  holinefs  complete, 

Light  and  perfections  fhine, 
And  wifdom,   grace,  and  glory  meet  • 
A  Saviour  all  divine. 

8  The  blood,  which  as  a  prieft,  he  bears 

For  finners,   is  his  own  ; 
The  incenfe  of  his  pray'rs  and  tears 
Perfume  the  holy  throne. 

9  In  him  my  weary  foul  has  reft, 

Though  I  am  weak  and  vile  ; 
I  read  my  name  upon  his  breaft, 
And  fee  the  Father  fmile. 


NUMBERS. 
XX.    BALAAM'S  Wifh  (i).    Chap,    xxiii.  io. 


H 


OW  bleft  the  righteous  are, 
When  they  refign  rheir  breath  I 
No  wonder  Balaam  wifii'd  to  fhare 
In  fuch  a  happy  death. 

(i)  Book  III.  Hymn  fu 
4 


Hv.  ai.  JOSHU  A.  *7 

2  "  Oh  !   let  me  die,   faid  he, 

The  death  the  righteous  do  ; 
When  life  is  ended,  let  me  be 
Found  with  the  faithful  few." 

3  The  force  of  truth,  how  great ! 

When  enemies  confefs, 
None  but  the  righteous,  whom  they  hate, 
A  folid  hope  pofifefs. 

4  But  Balaam's  wifh  was  vain, 

His  heart  was  infincere  : 
He  thirfted  for  unrighteous  gain, 
And  fought  a  portion  here. 

5  He  feem'd  the  Lord  to  know, 

And  to  offend  him  loth  ; 
But  Mammon  proved  his  overthrow, 
For  none  can  ferve  them  both. 

6  May  you  my  friends,  and  I, 

Warning  from  hence  receive  ; 
If  like  the  righteous  we  could  die, 
To  choofe  the  life  they  live. 


JOSHUA. 

XXI.   G  I  B  E  0  N.  Chap.   >:.  6. 

i    T  T  7  HEN  Jofhua  by  God's  command, 
VV     Invaded  Canaan's  guilty  land, 
Gibeon,  unlike  the  nations  round, 
Submiflion  made,  and  mercy  found. 

2  Their  ftubborn  neighbours,  who  enrag'd, 
United  war  againft  them  wag'd, 
By  Jofhua  foon  were  overthrown, 
For  Gibeon's  caufe  was  now  his  own. 

l  He 


at  JUDGES.  Bk.  I. 

3  He  from  whofe  arm  thy  ruin  fear'd, 
Their  leader  and  ally  appeared; 

An  emblem  of  the  Saviour's  grace, 
To  thofe  who  humbly  feek  his  face. 

4  The  men  of  Gibeon  wore  difguife, 
And  gain'd  their  peace  by  framing  lies  ; 
For  Jofhua  had  no  pow'r  to  fpare, 

If  he  had  known  from  whence  they  were. 

5  But  Jesus  invitations  fends, 
Treating  v.  ith  rebels  as  his  friends, 
And  holds  the  promife  forth  in  view, 
To  all  who  for  his  mercy  fue. 

6  Too  long  his  goodnefs  I  difdain'd, 
Yet  went  at  lafl  and  peace  obrain'd  ; 
But  foon  the  norfe  of  war  I  heard, 
And  former  friends  in  arms  appeared. 

7  Weak  in  myfelf  for  help  I  cry'd, 
Lord,  I  am  prefs'd  on  ev'ry  fide  ; 
The  caufe  is  thine,   they  fight  with  me, 
But  ev'ry  blow  is  aim'd  at  thee. 

8  With  fpeed  to  my  relief  he  came, 
And  put  my  enemies  to  fhame  : 
Thus  fav'd  by  grace,  I  live  to  fing 
The  love  and  triumphs  of  my  King. 


JUDGES. 

XXII.   (c)    7  E  HO  VAH-SHALEM— The  Lord 
:d  peace.    Chap.  vi.    24. 

1    TESUS,  whofe  blood  fo  freely  ftream'd, 
cl     To  fatisfy  the  laws  demand; 
By  thee  from  guilt  and  wrath  redeem'd, 
Before  the  Father's  face  I  (land. 

2    To 


Hy.  23.  JUDGES,  29 

2  To  reconcile  offending  man, 
Made  Juftice  drop  her  angry  rod  ; 
What  creature  could  have  formed  the  plan, 
Or  who  fulfil  it  but  a  God  ? 

3  No  drop  remains  of  all  the  curfe, 

For  wretches  who  deferv'd  the  whole  ; 
No  arrows  dipt  in  wrath  to  pierce 
The  guilty,  but  returning  foul. 

4  Peace  by  fuch  means  fo  dearly  bought, 
What  rebel  could  have  hop'd  to  fee  ? 
Peace,  by  his  injur'd  Sovereign  wrought, 
His  Sov'reign  faft'ned  to  the  tree. 

5  Now,   Lord,  thy  feeble  worm  prepare  ! 
For  ftrife  with  earth  and  hell  begins  ; 
Confirm  and  gird  me  for  the  war, 
They  hate  the  fouls  that  hates  his  fins. 

6  Let  them  in  horrid  league  agree  ! 
They  may  affault,  they  may  diftrefs  ; 
But  cannot  quench  thy  love  to  me, 
Nor  rob  me  of  the  Lord  my  peace. 

XXIII.     GIDEON'S  Fleece.    Chap.  vi.  37—40. 

1  r~V^  HE  figns  which  God  to  Gideon  gave. 

JL      His  holy  Sov'reignty  make  known  ; 
That  he  alone  has  pow'r  to  fave, 
And  claims  the  glory  as  his  own. 

2  The  dew  which  firfl  the  fleece  had  filPd, 
When  all  the  earth  was  dry  around, ^ 
Was  from  it  afterwards  withheld, 

And  only  fell  upon  the  ground. 

3  To  Ifrael  thus  the  heavenly  dew 

Of  faving  truth,    was  long  reftrain'd  ; 
Of  which  the  Gentiles  nothing  knew, 
But  dry  and  defolate  remained. 

C   2  4  But 


3o  JUDGES.  Bk.  I. 

4  But  now  the  Gentiles  have  receiv'd 
The  balmy  dew  of  goipel  peace, 
And  Ifrael,  who  his  fpirit  griev'd, 
Is  left  a  dry  and  empty  fleece. 

5  This  dew  ftill  falls  at  his  command, 
To  keep  his  chofen  plants  alive  ; 
They  (hall,  though  in  a  thirfty  land, 
Like  willows  by  the  waters  thrive  (i) 

6  But  chiefly  when  his  people  meet, 
To  hear  his  word  and  feek  his  face  : 
The  gentle  dew,  with  influence  fweer, 
Defcends  and  nourishes  their  grace. 

7  But  ah  !   *yhat  numbers  ftill  are  dead, 
Though  under  means  of  grace  they  lie! 
The  dew  ftill  falling  round  their  head, 
And  yet  their  heart  untouched  and  dry. 

8  Dear  Saviour,  hear  us  when  Ave  call ; 
To  wreftling  pray'r  an  anfwer  give; 
Pour  down  thy  dew  upon  us  all, 
That  all  may  feel,  and  all  may  live. 

XXIV.  S  A  MP  SON's   Lion.  Chap.  xiv.  S. 
j  r  I  y  HE  lion  that  on  Sampfon  roar'd, 
JL     And  thirfted  for  his  blood  •. 
With  honey  afterwards  was  ftor'd, 
Andfurnifli'u  him  with  food. 

2  Believers,  as  they  pafs  along, 

With  many  lions  meet, 
But  gather  fweetnefs  from  the  ftrong, 
And  from  the  eater,  meat. 

3  The  lions  rage  and  roar  in  vain, 

For  Jfsus  is  their  fhield  ; 
Their  lofies  prove  a  certain  gain, 
Their  troubles  comfort  yield. 


(i)  Ifaiah  xliv.  4' 


4  The 


Hy.  25.  I.     SAMUEL. 

4  The  world  and  Satan  join  their  ftrength, 

To  fill  their  fouls  with  fears  ; 
But  crops  of  joy  they  reap  at  length, 
From  what  they  fow  in  tears. 

5  Afflictions  make  them  love  the  word, 

Stir  up  their  hearts  to  pray'r ; 
And  many  precious  proofs  afford, 
Of  their  Redeemer's  care. 

6  The  lions  roar,  but  cannot  kill  ; 

Then  fear  them  not  my  friends, 
They  bring  us,  though  againft  their  will, 
The  honey  Jesus  fends. 


I.       SAMUEL. 

XXV.     HJNNJH;    or   the  Throne    of  Grace. 
Chap.  i.    18. 

1  \KT  HEN  Hannah  prefs'd  with  grief, 

V  V     Pour'd  forth  her  foul  in  pray'r  ; 
She  quickly  found  relief, 

And  left  her  burden  there  : 
Like  her  in  every  trying  cafe, 
Let  us  approach  the  throne  of  grace. 

2  When  flie  began  to  pray, 

Her  heart  was  pain'd  and  fad  5 
But  ere  ihe  went  away, 
Was  comforted  and  olad  : 

o 

In  trouble  what  a  refting  place, 

Have  they  who  know  the  throne  of  grace* 

3  Though  men  and  devils  rage, 

And  threaten  to  devour  ; 
The  faints  from  age  to  age, 

Are  fafe  from  all  their  pow'r ; 
Frem  ftrength  they  gain  to  run  their  race, 
By  waiting  at  the  throne  of  grace. 

4  Eli 


32  I.     SAMUEL  Bk.  I. 

4  Eli  her  cafe  miftook, 

How  was  her  fpirit  movM 
By  his  unkind  rebuke  ? 

But  God  her  caufe  approved. 
We  need  not  fear  a  creature's  face, 
While  welcome  at  a  throne  of  grace. 

5  She  was  not  filPd  with  wine, 

As  EH  rafhly  thought ; 
But  with  a  faith  divine, 

And  found  the  help  me  fought  : 
Though  men  defpife  and  call  us  bafe, 
Still  let  us  ply  the  throne  of  grace. 

6  Men  have  notpow'r  or  fkill, 

With  troubled  fouls  to  bear  : 
Though  they  exprefs  good  will, 

Poor  comforters  they  are  : 
But  fwelling  forrows  fink  apace, 
When  we  approach  the  throne  of  grace. 

7  Numbers  before  have  try'd, 

And  found  the  promife  true  ; 
Nor  yet  one  been  denyM, 

Then  why  fhould  I  or  you  ? 
Let  us  by  faith  their  footfteps  trace  ; 
And  haften  to  the  throne  of  grace. 

8  As  fogs  obfcure  the  light, 

And  taint  the  morning  air  ; 
But  foon  are  put  to  flight, 

If  the  bright  fun  appear; 
Thus  Jesus  will  our  troubles  chafe, 
By  mining  from  the  throne  of  grace  (i) 

XXVI.    DAGO  N  before  the  ark.    Chap.  v.   4.  5. 

j    TT7  HEN  firft  to  make  my  heart  his  own, 
V  V    The  Lord  reveaPd  his  mighty  grace, 

(1)  Book  II.  Hymn  61. 

Self 


Hy.  27  I.     S  A  M  U  E  L.  33 

Self  reign'd,  like   Dagon,  on  the  throne, 
But  could  not  long  maintain  its  place. 

2  It  fell,   and  own'd  the  pow'r  divine, 
(Grace  can  with  eaie  the  victory  gain) 
But  foon  this  wretched  heart  of  mine 
Contriv'd  to  fet  it  up  again. 

3  Again  the  LoRD'his  name  proclaimed, 
And  brought  the  hateful  idol  low  ; 

Then  felf,  like  Dagon,   broken,  maim'd, 
Seem'd  to  receive  a  mortal  blow. 

4  Yet  felf  is  not  of  life  bereft, 
Nor  ceafes  to  oppofe  his  will ; 
Tho'  but  a  maimed  frump  be  left, 
? Tis  Dagon,  ^ tis  an  Idol  ftill. 

5  Lord!   mull  I  always  guilty  prove, 
And  idols  in  my  heart  have  room  (1)  ? 

Oh  !   Let  the  fire  of  heav'nly  love. 
The  very  ftu'rap  of  felf  confurae. 

XXVII.  The    milch  Kine  drawing  the   Ark  :  Faith** 
furrender  of  all.      Chap.  vi.   12. 

1  r  I  ^  HE  kine  unguidcd  went 

X.       By  the  directed  road, 
When  the  Philiftines  homeward  fcnt 
The  ark  of  Ifrael's  God. 

2  Lowing  they  pafs'd  along, 

And  left  their  calves  fliut  up  ; 
They  felt  an  inftinct  for  their  young, 
But  would  not  turn  or  flop. 

3  Shall  bruits  devoid  of  thought, 

Their  maker's  will  obey; 
And  we,  who  by   his  grace  are  taught, 
More  ftubborn  prove  than  they  ? 

4  He  flied  his  precious  blood 

To  make  us  his  alone  ; 


(1)  Hofca,xvii.  8. 


If 


34  I.     SAMUEL  Bx.  U 

If  wafh'd  in  that  atoning  flood, 
We  are  no  more  our  own. 

5  If  he  his  will  reveal, 

Let  us  obey  his  call ; 
And  think,  whatever  the  flefh  may  fed, 
His  love  deferves  our  all. 

6  We  fhould  maintain  in  view 

His  glory,  as  our  end  ; 
Too  much  we  cannot  bear,  or  do, 
For  fuch  a  matchlefs  friend. 

7  His  faints  mould  ftand  prepar'd 

In  duty's  path  to  run  ; 
Nor  count  his  greateft  trials  hard, 
So  that  his  will  be  done. 

8  With  Jesus  for  our  guide, 

The  path  is  fafe  though  rough  ; 

Thepromife  fays,  "  I  will  provide," 

And  faith  replies,  "  Enough !" 

XXVIII.   SAUVs  Armour.     Chap.  xvii.  38—4©. 

1  TT7HEN  firftmy  foul  enlifted 

VV       My  Saviour's  foes  to  fight; 
Miftaken  friends  infifted 

1  was  not  arm'd  aright : 
So  Saul  advifed  David 

He  certainly  would  fail; 
Nor  could  his  life  be  faved 

Without  a  coat  of  mail. 

2  But  David,  though  he  yielded, 

To  put  the  armour  on, 
Soon  found  he  could  no  wield  it, 

And  ventur'd  forth  with  none* 
With  only  fling  and  pebble 

He  fought  the  fight  of  faith  ; 
The  weapons  feem'd  but  feeble, 

Yet  prov'd  Gohah's  death. 

-Had 


Hv.  28.  I.    SAMUEL.  35. 

3  Had  I  by  him  been  guided, 

And  quickly  thrown  away 
The  armour  men  provided, 

I  might  have  gainM  the  day: 
But  arm'd  as  they  advis'd  me, 

My  expectations  failM ; 
My  enemy  furpriz'd  me, 

And  had  almoft  prevaiPd. 

4  FumifiYd  with  books  and  notions^ 

And  arguments  and  pride; 
I  practised  all  my  motions, 

And  Satan's  pow'r  defyM 
But  foon  perceiv'd    with  trouble, 

That  thefe  would  do  no  good  ; 
Iron  to  them  is  ftubble  ( 1 ), 

And  brafs  like  ratten  wood. 

^  I  triumphM  at  a  diflance 

While  he  was  out  of  fight, 
But  faint  was  my  refiftance 

When  forc'd  to  join  in  fight; 
He  broke  my  fword  in  Olivers, 

And  pierc'd  my  boafled  fhield  ; 
Laugh'd  at  my  vain  endeavours, 

And  drove  me  from  the  field. 

6  Satan  will  not  be  braved 
By  fuch  a  worm  as  I  : 
Then  let  me  learn  with  David, 
To  trull  in  the  Moll  High  ; 
To  plead  the  name  of  Jesus, 

And  ufe  the  fling  of  pray'r; 
Thus  arm'd,  when  Satan  fees  us 
He'll  tremble  and  defpair. 
(1)  Job,xli.  2;. 


II. 


36  II.     S  A  M  U  E  L.  Bk.  I. 

II.       SAMUEL. 

XXIX.    D  A  V  I  D's  fall.   Chap.  xi.  27. 

1  T  TOW  David,  when  by  fin  deceiv'd 
Jl  JL  From  bad  to  worfe  went  on  ! 
For  when  the  Holy   bpirit's  griev'd 

Our  ftrengch  and  guard  are  gone. 

2  His  eye  on  Bathfheba  once  fixM, 

With  poifon  filPd  his  foul ; 
He  ventur'd  on  adult'ry  next. 

And  murder  crown'd  the  whole. 

3  So  from  a  fpark  of  fire  at  reft, 

That  has  not  been  defcry'd ; 
A  dreadful  flame  had  often  burft, 
And  ravag'd  far  and  wide. 

4  When  fin  deceives,  it  hardens  too^ 

For  tho'  he  vainly  fought 
To  hide  his  crimes  from  public  view, 
Of  God  he  little  thought. 

5  He  neither  would,  nor  could  repent, 

No  true  compunction  felt  ; 
'Till  God  in  mercy  Nathan  fent, 
His  ftubborn  heart  to  melt. 

6  The  parable  held  forth  a  fade, 

Defign'd  his  cafe  to  fhew  ; 

But  tho'  the  picture  was  exadt, 

Himfelf  he  did  not  know. 

7  u  Thou  art  the  man,"  the  prophet  faid; 

That  word  his  (lumber  broke  ; 
And  when  he  own'd  his  fin  and  pray'd 
The  Lord  forgivenefs  fpoke. 

8  Let  thofe  who  think  they  ftand  beware, 

For  David  flood  before  ; 
Nor  let  the  fallen  foul  defpair 
For  mercy  can  reilore. 

XXX. 


S*.  30.  H.   -S  A  M  U  E  L.  37 

XXX*  Is  this  thy  kindnefs  to  thy  friend* 
Chap.  xvi.    17. 

x   T^OOR,  weak,  and   worthlefs  though  I  am, 
JL      I  have  a  rich  almighty  Friend  ; 
Jesus,  the  Saviour,   is  his  name, 
He  freely  loves,  and  without  end. 

2  He  ranfom'd  me  from  hell  with  blood, 
And  by  his  poVr  my  foes  co.^trolPd: 
He  found  me,  wand  ring  far  from  God, 
And  brought  me  to  his  choien  fold. 

3  He  cheers  my  heart,   my  want  fupplies, 
And  fays   that  1  mall  fhortly  be 
Enthroned  wi-:h  him  above  the  Ikies  : 
Oil  !    what  a  friend  is  Chp.ist  to  me. 

4  But  ah  !    my  inmoit  fpirit  mourns, 

And  v  ell  my  eyes  with  tears  may  fwim, 
To  think  of  my  perverfe  returns; 
I've  been  a  faithlefs  friend  to  him. 

5  Often  my  gracious  Friend  I  grieve, 

le gleet,  diitruft,  and  difobey, 
And  often  Satan's  lies  believe, 
Sooner  than  all  my  Friend  can  fay. 

6  He  bids  me  always  freely  come, 
And  promifes  whate'er  I  afk : 

But  I  am  ftrait'ned,  cold  and  dumb, 
And  count  my  privilege  a  talk. 

7  Before  the  world  that  hates  his  caufe, 

My  treach'rous  heart  has  throbb'd  with  iharae  ; 
Loth  to  forego  the  world's  applaufe, 
I  hardly  dare  avow  his  name. 

8  Sure  were  not  I  nioft  vile  and  bafe, 
I  could  not  thus  my  Friend  requite  ! 
And  were  not  he  the  God  of  grace, 
He'd  frown  and  fpurn  me  from  his  fight, 

D  T. 


38  I.      KINGS.  ,  Bk.  I. 

I.       KINGS. 
XXXI.     AJk   what  I /hall  give  thee.    Chap.  iii.   5. 

1  f^%  OME,   my  foul,  thy  fuit  prepare, 
V_>   Jesus  loves  to  anfwer  pray'r  ; 
He  himfelf  has  bid  thee  pray, 
Therefore  will  not  fay  thee  nay. 

2  Thou  art  coming  to  a  King  (1), 
Large  petitions  with  thee  bring; 
For  his  grace  and  pow'r  are  fuch, 
None  can  ever  aik  too  much, 

3  With  my  burden  I  begin, 
Lord,  remove  this  load  of  fin  ! 
Let  thy  blood,  for  finners  fpilt. 
Set  my  confcience  free  from  guilt. 

4  Lord  !  I  come  to  the?  for  reft, 
Take  poffeffion  of  my  breaft  ; 

There  thy  blood-bought  right  maintain, 
And  without  a  rival  reign. 

5  As  the  image  in  the  glafs 
Anfwers  the  beholder's  face; 
Thus  unto  my  heart  appear, 
Print  thine  own  refemblance  there. 

6  While  I  am  a  pilgrim  We, 

Let  thy  love  my  fpirit  cheer  ; 

As  my  guide,  my  guard,  my  Friend, 

Lead  me  to  my  journey's  end. 

7  Shew  me  what  I  have  to  do, 
Ev?ry  hour  my  ftrength  renew  ; 
Let  me  live  a  life  of  faith, 

Let  me  die  thy  people's  death. 

XXXIL     Another, 
F  Solomon  for  wifdom  pray'd,  ^ 
The  Lord  before  had  made  him  wife  ; 

(1)  piahn  taxi.  I©< 

3  **  ■ 


1 


Hy.  33.  I."   KINGS.  39 

Elfe  he  another  choice  had  made, 
And  afk  for  what  the  worldlings  prize. 

1   Thus  he  invites  his  people  ftill, 

He  firft  inftructs  them  how  to  choofe  : 
Then  bids  them  afk  whate'er  they  will, 
AfTur'd  that  he  will  not  refufe. 

3  Our  wifhes  would  our  ruin  prove, 
Could  we  our  wretched  choice  obtairl; 
Before  we  feel  the  Saviour's  love, 
Kindle  our  love  to  him  again. 

4  But  when  our  hearts  perceive  his  worth, 
Defires,  till  then  unknown,  take  place  ; 
Our  fpirits  cleave  no  more  to  earth, 
But  pant  for  holinefs  and  grace. 

5  And  deft  thou  fay,   u  Afk  what  thou  wilt  P*. 
Lord,   I  would  feize  the  golden  hour  ; 

I  pray  to  be  released  from  guilt, 

And  freed  from  fin  and  Satan's  pow'r. 

6  More  of  thy  prefence,  Lord,  impart, 
More  of  thine  image  let  me  bear; 
Erect  thy  throne  within  my  heart, 
And  reign  without  a  rival  there. 

7  Give  me  to  read  my  pardon  feaPd, 
And  from  thy  joy  to  dra\y  my  ftrength  ; 
To  have  thy  boundlefs  love  reveaPd 

In  all  its  height,   and  breadth,   and  length. 

8  Grant  thefe  requefts,   I  afk  no  more, 
But  to  thy  care  the  reft  refign  ; 
Sick  or  in  health,  or  rich,  or  poor, 
All  (hall  be  well  if  thou  art  mine. 

XXXIII.  Another. 

1   "p)  EHOLD  the  throne  of  grace  ! 
AJ    The  promile  calls  me  near  ; 
There  JESUS  (hews  a  fmiling  face, 
And  waits  to  anfwer  pray'r. 

2  That 


4*  I.      KINGS,  Bk.  1. 

2    That  rich  atoning  blood, 
Which  fprinkkd  round  I  fee  ; 
Provides  for  thofe  who  come  to  God, 
An  all-prevailing  plea. 

3  My  foul  afk  what  thou  wilt, 
Thou  canft  not  be  too  bold  ; 

Since  his  own  blood  for  thee  he  fpilt, 
What  elie  can  he  withhold. 

4  Beyond  rhy  utmoft  wants 
His  love  and  pow'r  can  blefs ; 

To  praying  fouls  he  always  grants. 
More  than  they  can  exprefs. 

5  Since  'tis  the  Lord's  command, 
My  moufh  I  open  wide  ; 

Lord  open  thou  thy  bounteous  band, 
That  I  may  be  fupply'd. 

6  Thine  image  Lord  beftow, 
Thy  prefence  and  thy  love  ; 

I  afk  to  ferve  thee  here  below, 
And  reign  with  thee  above. 

7  Teach  me  to  live  by  faith, 
Conform  my  will  to  thine  ; 

Let  me  victorious  be  in  death,, 
And  then  in  glory  mine. 

8  If  thou  thefe  bleffmgs  give, 
And  wilt  my  portion  be  ; 

Cheerful  the  world's  poor  toys  I  leave 
To  them  who  know  not  thee. 

XXXIV.  Qjjeen  of  SHE  B  A.     Chap.  x.    i—  f. 
i  "CROjM  Sheba  a  diftant  report 
X      Of  Solomon's  gtery  and  fame, 
Invited  the  queen  to  his  cour% 
But  all  was  outdone  when  me  came  ; 
She  cry'd,   with  a  plealing  (urprize, 
When  firft  me  before  him  appeared, 

'  "  How 


Hy.  34.  I.   .K  I  N  G  S.  41 

"  How  much,,  what  I  fee  with  my  eyes, 
"  Surpaffes  the  runuur  I  heard  I" 

2  When  once  to  Jerufalem  come, 

The  treafure  and  train  fhe  had  brought ; 
The  wealth  fhe  poflefled  at  home, 
No  longer  had  place  hi  her  thought  : 
His  houfe,  his  attendants,  his  throne, 
All  ftruck  her  with  wonder  and  awe  : 
The  glory  of  Solomon  ihone, 
In  ev'ry  object  flie  faw. 

3  But  Solomon  mod  fhe  admir'd, 
Whole  fpirit  conducted  the  whole  ; 
His  wifdom,  which  God  had  infpir'd, 
His  bounty  and  greatnefs  of  foul  ; 
Of  all  the  hard  queftions  fhe  put, 

A  ready  folution  he  fliew'd  ; 

Exceeded  her  wifli  and  her  fuit, 

And  more  than  flie  afk'd  him  beftow'cL 

4  Thus  I  when  the  gofpel  proclaimed 
The   Saviour's  great  name  in  my  ears, 
The  wifdom  for  which  he  is  fam'd, 
The  love  which  to  finners  he  bears  : 

I  long'd,   and  I  was  not  deny'd, 
That  I  in  his  prefence  might  bow  ; 
I  faw,  and  tranfported  I  cry'd, 
u  A  greater  than  Solomon  Thou  !'; 

5  My  co-nfcience  no  comfort  could  find, 
By  doubt  and  hard  queftions  opposed  : 
But  He  reflor'd  peace  to  my  mind, 
And  anfwered  e  ich  doubt  I  proposed  ; 
Beholding  me  poor  and  diftrefs'd, 
His  bounty  fupply'd  all  my  wants  ; 
My  pray'r  could  have  never  rxpnfs'tf, 
So  much  as  this  Solomon  grants. 

6  I  heard,  and  was  flow  to  believe, 
But  now  with. my  eyes  I  behoU> 

D  2  Muel* 


42  I.     K  I  N  G  S.  £k.  L 

Much  more  than  my  heart  could  conceive,. 
Or  language  could  ever  have  told  : 
How  happy  thy  fcrvants  muft  be, 
Who  always  before  thee  appear  ! 
Vouchsafe,  Lord,  this  bleiling  to  me, 
I  find  it  is  good  to  be  here* 

XXXV.  ELIJAH  fed  by  Ravens  (i).  Chap,  xvi.  6, 
i   "Cj1  LIJAH's  example  declares, 

X  J  Whatever  diflrefs  may  betide  ; 
The  faints  may  commit  all  their  care? 
To  him  who  will  furely  provide  : 
When  rain  long  withheld  from  the  earth 
Occaiion'd  a  famine  of  bread  ; 
The  prophet  fecured  from  the  dearth, 
By  ravens  was  constantly  fed. 

2  More  likely  to  rob  than  to  feed, 
Were  ravens  who  live  upon  prey  ; 

But  when  the  Lord's  people  have  need, 
Kis  goodnefs  will  find  out  a  way  ; 
This  inftance  to  thofe  may  feem  flrange^ 
Who  know  not  how  faith  can  prevail  ; 
But  fooner  all  nature  fhall  change, 
Than  one  of  God's  promifes  fail.  - 

3  Nor  is  it  a  fingular  eafe, 

The  wonder  is  often  renewed  ; 

And  many  can  fay  to  his  praife, 

He  fends  them  by  Ravens  their  food  ; 

Thus  worldlings,  though  ravens  indeedr 

Though  greedy  and  felfifh  their  mind, 

If  God  has  a  Servant  to  feed, 

Againii  their  own  wills  can  be  kind. 

4  Thus  Satan,  that  raven  unclean, 
Who  croaks  in  the  ears  of  the  fainta? 
Compell'd  by  a  pow'r  unfecn, 
Adminifiers  oft  to  their  wants. 

{i)  Bfook  Hi.  Hymn  47. 

Go* 


Hv.  36.  I.-KINGS,  ^ 

God  teaches  them  bow  to  find  food 
From  all  the  temptations  they  feel ; 
This  raven,  who  thirfts  for  my  blood, 
Has  help'd  me  to  many  a  meal. 

3  How  fafe  and  how  happy  are  they 
Who  on  the  good  Shepherd  rely  ! 
He  gives  them  out  ftrength  for  their  day, 
Their  wants  he  will  furely  fupply  ; 
He  ravens  and  lions  can  tame. 
All  creatures  obey  his  command  ; 
Then  let  me  rejoice  in  his  name, 
And  leave  all  my  cares  in  his  hand. 

XXXVI.  The  meal  and  cruife  cf  oil.  Chap.  xvii.  16* 

1  T)  Y  the  poor  widow's  oil  and  meal 
J3   Elijah  was  fuftain'd  ; 
Though  fmali  the  flock  it  lafled  well, 

For  God  the  flore  maintained. 

2  It  feem'd  as  if  from  day  to  day, 

They  were  to  eat  and  die  ; 
Bur  ftill,   though  in  a  fecret  way, 
He  fent  a  freih  fupply* 

3  Thus  to  his  poor  he  dill  will  give 

Juft  for  the  prefent  hour  ; 
But  for  to  morrow  they  muft  live 
Upon  his  word  and  pow'r* 

4  No  barn  or  ftorehoufe  they  poflefs, 

On  which  they  can  depend  ; 
Yet  have  no  caufe  to  fear  diftrefs, 
For  Jesus  is  their  friencL 

5  Then  let  not  doubts  your  mind  affail, 

Remember,   God  ha*  faid, 
11  The  cruife  and  barrel  fhall  not  fail, 
"  My  people  fhall  be  fed." 

6  And  thus,  though  faint  it  often  teems, 

He  keeps  their  grace  alive  j 

Supply  \i 


44  II.     KING  S.  Bk.  h 

Supply'd  by  his  refrefhing  ftreams, 
Their  dying  hopes  revive. 

7   Though  in  onrfelves  we  have  no  ftock, 
The  Lord  is  nigh  to  fave  ; 
His  door  flies  open  when  we  knock, 
And  'tis  but  aflt  and  have. 


II.       KINGS. 

XXXVII.  JERICHO;    Xjv,    7he   waters  healed. 
Chap.  ii.    19 — 22. 

1  rp  HOUGH  Jericho  pleafantly  flood, 

A.      And  look'd  like  a  promifing  foil  ; 
The  harveft  produc'd  little  food, 
To  anfwer  the  hufbandman's  toil. 
The  water  fome  property  had, 
Which  poifonous  provM  to  the  ground  ; 
The  fprings  were  corrupted  and  bad, 
The  ftreams  fpread  a  barrennefs  round. 

2  But  foon  by  the  cruife  and  the  fait, 
Prepar'd  by  Eliiha's  command  ; 
The  water  wascur'd  of  its  fault, 
And  Plenty  enriched  the  land  : 

An  emblem  fure  this  of  the  grace 
On  fruitlefs  dead  finners  beftow'd  ; 
For  man  is  in  Jericho's  cafe, 
Till  cur'd  by  the  mercy  of  God. 

3  How  noble  a  creature  he  feems ! 
What  knowledge,  invention  and  fkilf  I 
How  large  and  extenfive  his  fchemes ! 
How  much  can  he  do  if  he  will  ! 

His  zeal  to  be  learned  and  wife, 
Will  yield  to  no  limits  or  bars  ; 
He  meafures  the  earth  and  the  fkies, 
And  numbers  and  marfhals  th^  ftars. 

4  Ye* 


Hy.  3«.  II.     KINGS.  45 

4  Yet  ftill  he  is  barren  of  good; 
In  vain  are  his  talents  and  art ; 
For  fin  has  infected  his  blood, 

And  poifon'd  the  ftreams  of   his  heart  : 
Tho'  cockatrice  eggs  he  can  hatch  (i)  ; 
Or,  fpider  like,  cobwebs  can  weave; 
;Tis  madnefs  to  labour  and  watch 
For  what  will  deftroy  or  deceive. 

5  But  grace,  like  the  fait  in  the  cruife, 
When  caft  in  the  fpringof  thd  foul ; 
A  wonderful  change  will  produce, 
Diffufing  new  life  thro'  the  whole: 
The  wildernefs  blooms  like  the  rofe, 
The  heart  which  was  vile  and  abhor'd; 
Now  fruitful  and  beautiful  grows, 
The  garden  and  joy  of  the  Lord. 

XXXVIII.     N  A  A  MA  N.     Chap.    v.    14. 
r  "QEFORE  Elifha's  gate 

3l)   The  Syrian  leper   flood, 

But  could  not  brook  to  wait, 
He  deem'd  hhnfelf  too  good  : 
He  thought  the  prophet  would  attend^ 
And  not  to  him  a  meilage  fend. 

2  Have  I  this  journey  come, 

And  will  he  not  be  feen  ? 
I  were  as  well  at  home, 

Would  wafhing  make  me  clean 
Why  muft   I  wafn  in  Jordan's  flood? 
Darnafcus  rivers  are  as  good. 

3  Thus  by   his  foo'i  h  pride 

He  almoft  mifs'd  a  cure* 
Howe'er  at  length  he  tryM, 
And  found  the  method  fare  : 
Soon  as  his  pride  was  brought  to  yield, 
His  Leprofy  was  quickly  heal'd 

(1)  lfeiah  lix.  5. 

3  Laprou 


46  II.     K  I  N  G  S.  Bk.  I. 

4  Leprous  and  proud  as  he, 

To  Jesus  thus  I  came  : 
From  fin  to  fet  me  free, 

When  firft  I  heard  his  fame  : 
Surely,  thought  I,  my  pompous  train 
Of  vows  and  tears  will  notice  gain. 

5  My  heart  devis'd  the  way 

Which  I  fuppos'd  he'd  take  ; 
And  when  I  found  delay, 
Was  ready  to  go  back  : 
Had  he  fome  painful  tafk  enjoin'd, 
I  to  performance  feem'd  inclin'd. 

6  When  by  his  word  he  fpake, 

That  fountain  open'd  fee; 
*Twas  open'd  for  thy  fake, 

u  Go  warn  ,and  thou  art  free  :** 
Oh  !  how  did  my  proud  heart  gainfay, 
I  fear'd  to  truft  this  fimple  way. 

7  At  length  I  trial  made, 

When  I  had  much  endur'd  * 
The  meffage  I  obey'd, 

I  wafh'd,  and  I  was  cur'd  : 
Sinners  this  healing  fountain  try, 
Which  cleans'd  a  wretch  fo  vile  as  I. 

XXXIX.     The  borrowed  axe.     Chap.  iv.  5,  6. 

1  'T'^HE  prophet's  fons  in  times  of  old, 

JL        Tho*  to  appearance  poor; 
Were  rich  without  pofiefiir.g  gold, 
And  honour'd  tho'  obfeure. 

2  In  peace  their  daily  bread  they  eat, 

By  honeft  labour  earn'd  ; 
While  daily  at  Elifha's   feet, 

They  grace  and  wifdom  learn'd. 

3  The  prophet's  prefence  cheer'd  their  toil, 

They  watch'd  the  words  he  fpoke  ; 
Whiiher  they  turn'd  the  furrow'd  foil, 

£)r  fell'd  the  fpreading  oak*  4  Orfce 


Hy.  40.  II.     KINGS.  47 

4  Once  as  they  liften'd  to  his  theme, 

Their  conference  was  ftopp'd  ; 
For  one  beneath  the  yielding  ftream, 
A  borrow'd  axe  had  dropp'd. 

5  "Alas!   it  was  not  mine,  he  laid, 

How  mall  I  make  it  good?" 
Elifha  heard,  and  when  he  pray'd, 
The  iron  fwam  like  wood. 

6  If  God,  in  fuch  a  fmall  affair, 

A  miracle  performs ; 
It  {hews  his  condefcending  care 
Of  poor  unworthy  worms. 

7  Tho*  kings  and  nations  in  his  view 

Are  but  as  mo  es  and  daft ; 
His  eye  and  ear  are  fix'd  on  you, 
Who  in  his  mercy  truft. 

S  Not  one  concern  of  ours  is  fmaM, 
If  we  belong  to  him  ; 
To  teach  us  this,  the  Lord  of  all, 
Once  made  the  iron  fwim. 

XL.     More  with  us  than  with  them.     Chap.   vi.   i6# 
LAS  !   Elilha's  fer^ant  cry'd, 


A 


When  he  the  Syrian  army  fpy'd  ; 
But  he  was  foon  releas'd  from  care, 
In  anfwer  to  the  prophet's  pray'r. 

2  Straightway  he  faw,  with  other  eyes, 
A  greater  army  from  the  ik'-es  ; 

A  fiery  guard  around  the  hill, 
Thus  are  the  faints  preserved  ftil!. 

3  When  Satan  and  his  hoft  appear, 
Like  him  of  old,  I  faint  and  fear  ; 
Like  him,  by  faith,  with  joy  I  fee, 
A  greater  hoft  engaged  for  me. 


4  The 


48  I.     CHRONICLES.        Bic.  I. 

4  The  faints  efpoufe  my  caufe  by  pray'r, 
Their  angels  make  my  foul    their  care  ; 
Mine  is  the  promife  feaPd  with  blood, 
And  Jelus  lives  to.  make  it  good. 


I.     CHRONICLES. 

XLI.     Faith's  review  and  expeclation* 
Chap.   xvii.    16,   17. 

1  A  MAZING  grace  !   (how  fweet  the  found): 
JL~\     That  fav'd  a  wretch  like  me  J 

I  once  was  loft,  but  now  am  found, 
Was  blind,  but  now  I  fee. 

2  JTwa«  grace  that  taught  my  heart  to  fear, 

And  grace  my  fears  relieved  ; 
How  precious  did  that  grace  appear, 
1  he  hour  I  tirii  behev'd ! 

3  Tho'   many  dangers,  toils,  and  Inares, 

I  have  already  come  ; 
'Tis  grace  has  brought  me  fafe  thus  far, 
And  graee  will  lead  me  home. 

4  The  Lord  has  promis'd  good  to  me, 

His  word  my  hope  fecures  ; 
He  will  my  ihield  and  portion  be, 
As  long  as  life  endures. 

^  Yes,  when  this  flefh  and  heart  mall  fail, 
And  mortal  life  (hall  ceafe  ; 
I  fhall  poflefs,   within  the  vail, 
A  life  of  joy  and  peace. 

6  The  earth  (hall  foon  diffolve  like  fnow, 
The  fun  forbear  to  mi  re  ; 
But  God  whocaii'd  me  here  below, 
Will  be  forever  mine. 


M    L 


NEHE. 


Hy.  42.         NEHEMIAH.  49 

N     £     H     E     M     I    A    H. 

XLII.    The  joy  of  the  LORD  is  your jlrengb? 
Chap,  ix-    10. 

j    TOY  is  a  fruit  that  will  not  grow 
J    In  nature's  barren  foil ; 
All  we  can  boaft  till  ChPvIST  we  know, 
Is  vanity  and  toil. 

2  But  where  the  Lord  has  planted  grace, 

And  made  his  gior  es  knov  n  : 
There  fruits  of  heavenly  jo>  and  peace 
Are  found,  and  there  alone, 

3  A  bleeding  Saviour  feenby  faith, 

A  fenfe  of  pard'ning  love  ; 
A  hope  that  triumphs  over  death, 
Give  joys  like  thofe  above. 

4  To  take  a  glimpfe  within  the  vail, 

To  know  that  God  is  mine  ; 
Are  fprings  of  joy  that  never  fail, 
Unfpcakable  !   divine  ! 

5  Thefe  are  the  joys  which  fatisfy, 

And  fanclify  the  miad ; 
Which  make  the  fpirit  mount  on  high, 
And  leave  the  world  behind. 

6  No  more,  believers,   mourn  your  lot, 

But  if  you  are  the  Lord's  ; 
Refign  to  them  that  know  him  not, 
Such  joys  as  earth  affords. 


JOB. 

XLIII.  0  that  I-juere  as  in  months paft  /  Chap.  xxix.  2. 

1   O  WEE  T  was  the  time  when  firft  I  felt 
yD  The  Saviour's  pard'ning  blood 

E  Apply  'd, 


5*  JOB.  Bk.  I. 

Apply 'd,  to  cleanfe  my  foul  from  guilr, 
And  bring  me  home  to  God. 

2  Soon  as  the  morn  the  light  reveal'd, 

His  praifes  tun'd  my  tongue  ; 
And  when  the  evening  fhades  prevail'd, 
His  love  was  all  my  fong. 

3  In  vain  the  tempter  fpread  his  wiles, 

The  world  no  more  could  charm  y 
I  liv'd  upon  my  Saviour's  fmiles, 
And  lean'd  upon  his  arm. 

4  In  pray'r  my  foul  drew  near  the  Lord, 

And  faw  his  glory  fhine  ; 
And  when  I  read  his  holy  word, 
I  call'd  each  promife  mine, 

5  Then  to  his  faints  I  often  fpoke, 

Of  what  his  love  had  done  ; 
But  now  my  heart  is  almofl broke, 
For  all  my  joys  are  gone. 

6  Now  when  the  evening  fhade  prevails, 

My  foul  in  darknefs  mourns  : 
And  when  the  morn  the  light  reveals, 
No  light  to  me  returns. 

7  My  pray'rs  are  now  a  chatt'ring  noife; 

For  Jesus  hides  his  face  ; 
I  read,  the  promife  meets  my  eyes, 
But  will  not  reach  my  cafe. 

8  Now  Satan  threatens  to  prevail, 

And  make  my  foul  his  prey  ; 
Yet,  Lord,  thy  mercies  cannot  farl, 
O  come  without  delay. 

XLIV.  Thf  change  (i). 
i   Q  AVIOUR  mine  and  cheer  my  foul, 
^  Bid  my  dying  hopes  revive  ; 
Make  my  wounded  fpirit  whole, 
Far  away  the  tempter  drive  ; 

(i)  Book  II.   Hymn  34-  and  Book  III.  Hymn  86. 

<  Spfalc 


Hy.  44.  J     O    B.  51 

Speak  the  word  and  fet  me  free, 
Let  me  live  alone  to  thee. 

2  Shall  I  figh  and  pray  in  vain, 
Wilt  thou  full  refufe  to  hear  ; 
Wilt  thou  not  return  again, 
Muft  I  yield  to  black  defpair? 
Thou  haft  taught  my  heart  to  pray, 
Canft  thou  turn  thy  face  away  ? 

g   Once  I  thought  my  mountain  ftrong, 
Firmly  fix'd  no  more  to  move  ; 
Then  thy  grace  was  all  my  fong, 
Then  my  foul  was  fill'd  with  love  : 

Thofe  were  happy  golden  days, 

Sweetly  fpent  in  pray'r  and  praife. 

4  When  my  friends  have  faid,   "  Bewar  e, 

Soon  or  late  you'll  find  a  change  ;" 

I  could  fee  no  caufe  for  fear, 

Vain  their  caution  feem'd  and  ftrange  : 

Not  a  cloud  obfcur'd  my  fky, 

Could  I  think  a  tempeft  nigh? 

5  Little,  then,  myfelflknew, 

Little  thought  of  Satan's  pow'r  ; 

Now  I  find  their  words  were  true, 

Now  I  feel  the  ftormy  hour  ! 
Sin  has  put  my  joys  to  flight, 
Sin  haschang'd  my  day  to  night. 

6  Satan  alks,  and  mocks  my  woe, 

"  Boafter,   where  is  now  your  God?" 

Silence,  Lord,   this  cruel  foe, 
Let  him  know  I  am  bought  with  blood  : 
Tell  him,  fince,  I  know  thy  name, 
Though  I  change,  thou  art  the  fame. 


PSALMS. 


52  PSALMS.  Bk.  I. 

PSALMS. 

XLV.  Pleading  for  mercy.    Pfalm  vi» 

i   TN  mercy,   not  in  wrath,  rebuke 
X    Thy  feeble  worm,   my  God  ! 
My  fpirit  dreads  thine  angry  look, 
And  trembles  at  thy  rod. 

2  Have  mercy,  Lord,  for  I  am  w^ak, 

Regard  my  heavy  groans  ; 
O  let  rhy  voice  of  comfort  fpeak, 
And  heal  my  broken  bones  i 

3  By  day,  my  bufy  beating  head 

Is  filFd  with  anxious  fears  ; 
By  night,  upon  my  reftlefs  bed, 
I  weep  a  Rood  of  tears. 

4  Thus  I  fit  defolate  and  mourn, 

Mine  eyes  grew  dull  with  grief; 
How  long,  my  Lord,  ere  thcu  return^ 
And  bring  my  foul  relief? 

5  O  come  and  fhew  thy  pow'r  to  fave, 

And  fpare  my  fainting  breath  ;. 
For  who  can  praife  thee  in  the  grave, 
Or  fing  thy  name  in  death  ? 

6  Satan,  my  cruel  envious  foe, 

Infults  me  in  my  pain  : 
He  {miles  to  fee  me  brought  fo  low, 
And  tells  me  hope  in  vain, 

7  But  hence,  thou  enemy,  depart  ! 

Nor  tempt  me  to  defpair, 
My  Saviour  comes  to  cheer  my  heart, 
The  LoPvD  has  heard  my  pray'r. 

XL  VI.    None  upon  earth  I  defire   be  fides   thee. 
Ffal.   lxxiii.     25. 


I  TJOW  tedious  and  taftelefs  the  hours, 
JLjL  When  Jesus  no  longer  I  fee  ; 


Sweet 


Hy.  47.  PSALMS,  53 

Sweet  profpefts,  fweet  birds,  and  fweet  flow'rs. 
Have  loft  all  their  fweetnefs  with  me  ; 

The  mid-fummer  fun  mines  but  dim, 
The  fields  ftrive  in  vain  to  look  gay  • 

But  when  I  am  happy  in  him, 
December's  as  pleafant  as  May* 

1  His  name  yields  the  richeft  perfume, 

And  fweeter  than  mufic  his  voice  ; 
His  pre  ence  difperfes  my  gloom, 

And  makes  all  within  me  rejoice  : 
I  mould,   were  he  always  thus  nigh, 

Have  nothing  to  wifh  or  to  fear; 
No  mortal  fo  happy  as  I, 

My  fummer  would  la  ft  all  the  year. 

3  Content  with  beholding  his  face, 

My  all  to  his  pleafure  fefign'd  ; 
No  changes  of  feafon  or  place, 

Would  make  any  change  in  my  mind  ; 
While  blefs'd  with  a  fenie  of  his  love, 

A  palace  a  toy  would  appear; 
And  prifons  would  palaces  prove, 

If  Jesus  would  dwell  with  me  there. 

4  Dear  Lord,  if  indeed  I  am  thine, 

If  thou  art  my  fun  and  my  long  ; 
Say,  why  do  I  languifh  and  pine, 

And  why  are  my  winters  fo  long  ? 
O  drive  thefe  dark  cloud*  from  my  Jky, 

Thy  foul-cheering  prcfence  reftore  ; 
Or  take  me  unto  the'?  on  high, 

Where  winter  and  clouds  are  no  more. 

XL VII.   7  he    believe?" s  fafety.   Pfal.   xci. 

1   tNCARNATEGod!   the  i(,ul  that  knows 
.1    Yhy  name's  myilerious  pow'r; 
Shall  dwell  \\\  Uiid.u*.    I  d  /epofe, 
Nor  fear  the  (tjttftg  L. ..:r. 

L  2  a  Thy 


54  PSALMS.  Bk.  I. 

2  Thy  wifdom,  faithfulnefs  and  love, 

To  feeble  helplefs  worms, 

A  buckler  and  a  refuge  prove, 

From  enemies  and  florms. 

3  In  vain  the  fowler  fpreads  his  net, 

To  draw  them  from  thy  care ; 
Thy  timely  call  initrucls  their  feet, 
To  fhun  the  artful  fnare. 

4  When  like  a  baneful  peftilence, 

Sin  mows  its  thoulands  down  ; 
On  ev'ry  fide  without  defence, 
Thy  grace  fecures  thine  own. 

5  No  midnight  terrors  haunt  their  bed, 

No  arrow  wounds  by  day  ; 
Unhurt  on  ferpents  they  mail  tread, 
If  found  in  duty's  way* 

6  Angels,  unfeen,  attend  the  faints^ 

And  bear  them  in  their  arms; 
To  cheer  the  fpirit  when  it  faints, 
And  guard  the  life  from  harms. 

7  The  angePs  Lord,  himfelf  is  nigh, 

To  them  that  love  his  name  ; 
Ready  to  fave  them  when  they  cry, 
And  put  their  foes  to  fhame. 
$  Crofles  and  changes  are  their  lot, 
Long  as  they  fojourn  here; 
But  fince  their  Saviour  changes  not. 
What  have  the  faints  to  fear  ? 

XLVIII.    Another. 

1  rnriHAT  man  no  guard  or  weapons  needs, 

J*^      Whofe  heart  the  blood  of  Jesus  knaws  * 
/Butfafe  may  pais,   if  duty  leads, 
Through  burning  fands  or  mountain  fnows. 

2  Released  from  guilt  he  feels  no  fear  ; 
Redemption  is  his  ihield  and  tow'ir ; 

He 


Hy.  49.  PSALM  S.  £5 

He  fees  his  Saviour  always  near 
To  help,  in  ev'ry  trying  hour. 

3  Though  I  am  weak  and  Satan  ftrong, 
And  often  to  affault  me  tries; 
When  Jesus  is  my  fhield  and  fong, 
AbaftVd  the  wolf  before  me  flies. 

4  His  love  poffeffing  I  am  bleft, 
Secure  whatever  change  may  come; 
Whether  I  go  to  Eaft  or  Weft, 
With  him  I  ftill  mall  be  at  home. 

5  If  plac'd  beneath  the  northern  pole, 
Though  winter  reigns  with  rigour  there* 
His  gracious  beams  would  cheer  my  foul, 
And  make  a  fpring  throughout  the  year. 

6  Or  if  the  defarts  fun-burnt  foil, 

My  lonely  dwelling  e'er  ihould  prove  ; 
His  prefence  would  fupport  my  toil, 
Whofe  fmile  is  life,  whofe  voice  is  love. 

XLIX.  He  led  them  a  right  -way.  Pfal.   cvir.   7. 

1  \\7  HEN  Ifrael,   was  from  Egypt  freed, 

y  V     The  Lord,   who  brought  them  out, 
Help'd  them  in  ev'ry  time  of  need, 
But  led  them  round  about  (ij. 

2  To  enter  Canaan  foon  they  hop'd, 

But  quickly  changed  their  mind  ; 
When  the  Red- lea  their  pafTage  ftopp'd 
Aid  Pharaoh  march'd  behind. 

3  The  defart  fill'd  them  with  alarms, 

For  water  and  for  food  • 
And  Amalek,  by  force  of  arms, 
To  check  their  progrefs  ftood, 

4  They  of*en  murmur'd  by  the  way, 

Becaufe  they  judgM  by  flght.^ 

(1)  ExoJua   iiii.   1 7. 

Bi  1 


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But  were  at  length  conftraiii'd  to  fay 
The  Lord  had  led  them  right. 

5  In  the  Red-fea  that  fiopp'd  them  firft, 

Their  enemies  were  drown'd  ; 
The  rocks  gave  water  for  their  thirft, 
And  manna  fpread  the  ground. 

6  By  fire  and  cloud  their  way  was  mown 

Acrofs  the  paihlefs  lands; 
And  Amalek  was  overthrown, 
By  Moles'  lifted  hand. 

j  The  way  was  right  their  hearts  to  prove, 
To  make  God's  glory  known  ; 
And  fhow  his  wifjom,  pow'r  and  love, 
Engag'd  to  lave  his  own. 

8  Juft  fo  the  true  believer's  path, 
Through  many  dangers  lies  ; 
Though  dark  to  fenfe,   'tis  right  to  faith, 
And  leads  us  to  the  Ikies. 

L.   What  Jhall  I  render  (i).   Pfal.  cxvi.    \zy    \%. 
l    TjP^  OR  mercies,  countlefs  as  the  lands 
P     Which  daily  I  receive 
1 1  Dm  Jesus,   my  Redeemer's  hands, 
My  foul  what  canft  thou  giver 

•2  Alas  !   from  fuch  a  heart  as  mine, 
What  cr.n  I  bring  him  forth? 
My  belt  is  ftain'd  and  dy'd  with  fin, 
My  ail  is  nothing  worth. 

o  Yet  this  acknowledgement  I'll  make, 
For  all  he  has  bellow 'd  ; 
Salvation's  facred  cup  I'll  take, 
And  call  upon  my  God. 

4  The  beft  returns  for  one  like  me, 
So  wretched  and  lo  poor  ; 
Is  from  his  gifts  to  draw  a  plea, 

And  afk  him  ftill  for  more-  5  I 

(i)  Book  III  Hymn  67. 


Hy.  5f.  PSALMS.  £ 

5  I  cannot  ferve  him  as  I  ought, 
No  works  have  I  to  boait  ; 
Yet  would  I  glory  in  the  thought 
That  I  (hall  owe  him  mcft. 

LI.     Dwelling  in  Mefech.    Pfal.     cxx.     5— 7* 

1  TT7HAT  a  mournful  life  is  mine, 

V  V      Filled  with  erodes,  pains  and  cares  \ 
Ev'ry  work  defiPd  with  fin, 
Ev'ry  ftep  befet  with  fnarcs  ! 

2  If  alone  I  penfive  fit, 

I  myfelf  can  hardly  bear ; 
If  I  pafs  along  the  ftreet, 
Sin  and  riot  triumph  there. 

3  Jesus  !  how  my  heart  is  painM, 
How  it  mourns  for  fouls  deceived! 
When  I  hear  thy  name  profan'd, 
When  I  fee  thy  Spirit  griev'd  ! 

4  When  thy  childrens*  griefs  I  view, 
Their  diftrefs  becomes  my  own  ; 
All  I  hear,  or  fee,  or  do, 

Makes  me  tremble,  weep  and  groan. 

5  Mourning  thus  I  long  had  been, 
When  I  heard  my  Saviour's  voice  ; 
u  Thou  haft  caufe  to  mourn  for  fin, 
But  in  me  thou  may'-ft  rejoice." 

6  This  kind  word  difpell'd  my  gritf, 
Put  to  filence  my  complaints ; 
Tho'  of  finners  I  am  the  chief, 
He  has  rank'd  me  with  his  faints. 

7  Tho'  conftrain'd  to  dwell  awhile 
Where  the  wicked  ftrive  and  brawl; 
Let   them  frown,  fo  he  but  fmile, 
Heav'n  will  make  amends  for  all. 

8  There,  believers,  we  ihall  reft, 
IVec  from  forrow,  fin  and  fears; 

Nothing 


58  PROVERBS.  Bk.  I. 

Nothing  there  our  peace  moled, 
Thro'  eternal  rounds  of  years. 

g  Let  us  then  the  fight  endure, 
See  our  Captain  looking  down ; 
He  will  make  the  conqueft  fure. 
And  beftow  the  promis'd  crown. 


PROVERBS. 

LIL     (c)  Wifdom.     Chap.    viii.  22—31. 

1  TT?  RE  God  had  built  the   mountains, 
Hj   Or  rais'd  the  fruitful  hills ; 
Before  he  fill'd  the  fountains 

That  feed  the  running  rills ; 
In  me,  from  everlafting, 
The  wonderful  I  am, 
Found  pleafures  never  wafting-, 
And  wifdom  is  my  name. 

2  When,  like  a  tent  to  dwell  in, 
He  fpread  the  Ikies  abroad  ; 
And  lwath'd  about  the  fwelling 
Of  ocean's  mighty  flood  ; 

He  wrought  by  weight  and  meafure, 
And  I  was  with  him  then  : 
Myfelf  the  Father's  pleafure, 
And  mine,  the  fons  of  men. 

3  Thus  wifdom's  words  difcover 
Thy  glory  and  thy  grace, 
Thou  everlafting  lover 

Of  our  unworthy  race ! 
Thy  gracious  eye  furveyM  us 
Ere  (tars  were  feen  above  ; 
In  wifdom  thou  haft  made  us, 
And  dy'd  for  us  in  love. 


And 


Ht.  53.         PROVERBS,  5^ 

4  And  couldft  thou  be  delighted 
With  creatures  fuch  as  we  ! 
Who,  when  we  faw  thee,  flighted 
And  nail'd  thee  to  a  tree  I 
Unfathomable  wonder, 
And  myftery  divine! 
The  voice  that  fpeaks  in  thunder, 
Says,  u  Sinner  I  am  thine  !  " 

LIII.     A  friend  that  fticketh  chfer  than  a  brother* 

Chap,   xviii.    24. 
1    /^\XE  there  is,  above  all  others, 

V^/   Well  deferves  the  name  of  Friend  ; 
His  is  love  beyond  a  brother's, 
Coftly,  free,  and  knows  no  end  : 
They  who  once  his  kindnefs  prove, 
Find  it  everlafting  love  ! 

%  Which  of  all  our  friends  to  fave  us, 
Could  or  would  have  fhed  their  blood  ! 
But  our  Jefus  dy'd  to  have  us 
Reconcil'd,  in  him  to  God 

This  was  boundlefs  love  indeed ! 
Jesus  is  a  friend  in  need. 

1   Men,  whenrais'd  to  lofty  ftations, 
Often  know  their  friends  no  more  ; 
Slight  and  fcorn  their  poor  relations, 
Tho'  they  valu'd  them  before  : 
But  our  Saviour  always  owns 
Thofe  whom  he  redeemM  with  g;  o;ins. 

4  When  he  liv'd  on  earth  abafed, 
Friend  of  Tinners  was  his  name  ; 
Now,  above  all  glory  raifed, 

He  rejoices  in  the  fame  : 

Still  he  calls  th^m  brethren,  friends, 
And  to  all  their  wants  am 

5  Could  we  bear  from  ope  another, 
What  he    dajly  bears  from  us? 

Yet 


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Yet  this  glorious  Friend,  and  Brother, 
Loves  us  tho'  we  treat  him  thus : 

Tho'  for  good  we  render  ill, 

He  accounts  us  brethren  frill. 

6  Oh  !  for  grace  our  hearts  to  foften  f 
Teach  us,  Lord,  at  length  to  love  ; 
We,  alas  !  forget  too  often, 
What  a  friend  we  have  above : 

But  when  home  our  fouls  are  brought, 

We  will  love  thee  as  we  ought. 


ECCLESIASTES. 

LIV     Vanity  of  life  (i).     Chap,   i.   & 

1  'T^HE  evils  that  befet  our  path 

A        Who  can  prevent  our  cure? 
We  ftand  upon  the  brink  of  death. 
When  mod  we  feem  fecure. 

2  If  we  to-day  fweet  peace  poflefs, 

It  foon  may  be  withdrawn  ; 
Some  change  may  plunge  us  in  defirefs, 
Before  to-morrow's  dawn. 

3  Difeafe  and  pain  invade  our  health, 

And  find  an  eafy  prey; 
And  oft,  when  leaft  expected,  wealth 
Takes  wings  and  flies  away. 

4  A  fever  or  a  blow  can  fhake 

Our  wifdom's  boafted  rule; 
And  of  the  brighteft  genius  make 
A  madman  or  a  fool. 

^The  gourds,  from  which  we  look  for  fruit, 
Produce  us  only  pain ; 
A  worm  unfeen  attacks  the  root, 
And  all  our  hopes  are  vain. 

(i)  &ook  II.  Hymn  6. 

Unfa- 


Hv.  55-        ECCLESIASTES.  6x 

6  I  pity  thofe  who  feek  no  more 

Than  fuch  a  world  can  give  ; 
Wretched  they  are,  and  blind,  and  poor, 
And  dying  while  they  live. 

7  Since  fin  has  filPd  the  earth  with  woe, 

And  creatures  fade  and  die; 
Lord  wean  our  hearts  from  things  below. 
And  fix  our  hopes  on  high. 

LV.  (c;)    Vanity  of  the  World. 

i    f*i  OD  gives  his  mercies  to  be  fpent ; 
VJT  Your  hoard  will  do  your  foul  no  good  ; 
Gold  is  a  blefling  only  lent, 
Repaid  by  giving  others  food. 

2  The  world's  efteem  is  but  a  bribe, 

To  buy  their  peace  you  fell  your  own ; 

The  flave  of  a  vain -glorious  tribe, 

Who  hate  you  while  they  make  you  known* 

3  The  joy  that  vain  amufements  give, 
Oh  !   fad  conclusion  that  it  brings! 
The  honey  of  a  crouded  hive, 
Defended  by  a  thoufand  fling?, 

4  >Tis  thus  the  world  rewards' the  fools 
That  live  upon  her  treach'rous  fmiles  • 
She  leads  them,  blindfold,  by  her  rules, 
And  ruins  all  whom  me  beguiles. 

5  God  knows  the  thoufands  who  go  down 
From  pleafure,   into  endlefs  woe; 
And  with  a  long  defpairing  groan, 
Blafpheme  their  Maker  as  they  go. 

6  O  fearful  thought !  be  timely  wife; 
Delight  but  in  a  Saviour's  charms; 
And  God  fhall  take  you  to  the  fkies, 
Embraced  in  everlafting  arms. 

F  LVL 


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LVI.    Vanity  of  the  creature  fan  cli fie  d. 

i    T  TONEY  though  the  bee  prepares, 
J  A   An  envenom'd  fting  he  wears  : 
Piercing  thorns  a  guard  compofe 
Round  the  fragrant  blooming  rofe. 

2  Where  we  think  to  find  a  Tweet, 
Oft  a  painful  fting  we  meet  ; 
When  the  rofe  invites  our  eye, 
We  forget  the  thorn  is  nigh. 

3  Why  are  thus  our  hopes  beguiPd  ; 
Why  are  all  our  pleasures  ipoil'd  ? 
Why  do  agony  and  woe 

From  our  choiceft  comforts  grow? 

4  Sin  has  been  the  caufe  of  all  ? 
'Twas  not  thus  before  the  fall  : 
What  but  pain,-  and  thorn,   and  fting, 
From  the  root  of  fin  can  fpring  \ 

§  Now  with  ev'ry  good  we  find 
Vanity  and  grief  entwin'd  ; 
What  we  feel,    or  what  we  fear, 
All  our  joys  embitter  here. 

6  Yet,   through  the  Redeemer's  love, 
Thefe  afflictions  blefTings  prove  ; 
He  the  wounding  ftings  and  thorns, 
Into  healing  med'cines  turns. 

7  From  the  earth  our  hearts  they  wean, 
Teach  us  on  his  arm  to  lean  ; 

Urge  us  to  a  throne  of  grace, 
Make  us  feek  a  refting  place. 

8  In  the  manfions  of  our  King 
Sweets  abound  without  a  fting ; 
Thornlefs  there  the  rofes  blow, 
And  the  joys  unmingled  How. 

5  SOLOMONS 


Hy.  57.      SOLOMO  N's  SONG.  63 

S  O  L  O  M  O  N's     SONG. 

LVII.    The  name  of  Jesus.     Chap.  i.    3, 

1   T  TOW  fweet  the  name  of  Jesus  founds, 
Xi   In  a  believer's  ear  ? 
It  fooths  his  forrows,    heals  his  wounds 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 

I   It  makes  the  wounded  fpirit  whole, 
And  calms  the  troubled  breaft ; 
>Tis  manna  to  the  hungry  foul, 
And  to  the  weary  reft. 

3  Dear  name !  the  rock  on  which  I  build, 

My  fhield  and  hiding  place  ; 
My  never  failing  treas'ry  fill'd 
With  boundlefs  (lores  of  grace. 

4  By  thee  my  pray'rs  acceptance  gain, 

Although  with  fin  denTd  5 
Satan  accufes  me  '.n  vain, 
And  I  am  ownM  a  child. 

5  Jesus  !   my  Shepherd,   Hufband,  Friend; 

My  Prophet,  Prieft,  and  King; 
My  Lord,    my  Life,  my  Way,  my  Enr, 
Accept  the  praife  I  bring. 

6  Weak  ia  the  effort  of  my  heart, 

And  cold  my  warmeft  thought; 
Bat  when  I  fee  thee  as  thou  art, 
I'll  praife  thee  as  I  ought. 

7  'Till  then  I  would  thy  love  proclaim 

With  ev'ry  fleeting  breath  ; 
And  may  the  outfit  of  thy  name 
Refreih  my  foul  in  death. 

ISAIAH. 


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ISAIAH. 

LVIII.     (c)    0   Lord,    /  will  praife   thee! 
Chap.   xii. 

i  T  Will  praife  thee  ev'ry  day 
JL  Now  thine  anger's  turn'd  away  1 
Comfortable  thoughts  arife 
From  the  bleeding  facrifice. 

2  Here  in  the  fair  gofpel  field, 
Wells  of  free  falvation  yield 
Streams  of  life,  a  plenteous  ftore, 
And  my  foul  fhall  thirft  no  more. 

3  Jesus  is  become  at  length 
My  falvation  and  my  ftrength; 
And  his  praifes  fhall  prolong, 
While  I  live,  my  pleafant  fong. 

4  Praife  ye,  then,  his  glorious  name, 
Publifh  his  exalted  fame  ! 

Still  his  worrh  your  praife  exceeds, 
Excellent  are  all  his  deeds. 

5  Raife  again  thy  joyful  found, 
Let  the  nations  roll  it  round  I 
Zioa.  (bout,   for  this  is  he, 
God  the  Saviour  dwells  in  thee. 

LIX.    7 he  Refuge ,     River,    and  Rock  of  the  Chun!:* 
Chap,  xxxii.     2. 

i    ~T  1[S  who  on  earth  as  man  was  known, 
fl    And  bore  our  (ins  and  pains  ; 
Now,  feated  on  th'  eternal  throne, 
The  God  of  glory  reigns. 

1  His  hards  the  wheels  of  nature  guide 
With  an  unerring  fkill ; 
And  countlefs  worlds  extended  wide, 
Obey  his  fov'rcign  will. 

3   While 


Hy.  60.  ISAIAH.  65 

3  While  harps  unnumber'd  found  his  praife, 

In  yonder  world  above  ; 
His  faints  on  earth  admire  his  ways, 
And  glory  in  his  love* 

4  His  righteoufnefs  to  faith  reveal'd, 

Wrought  out  fur  guilty  worms  ; 
Affords  a  hiding-place  and  fhield, 
From  enemies  and  ftorms. 

5  This  land,  thro'  which  his  pilgrims  go, 

Is  defolate  and  dry  ; 
But  dreams  of  grace  from  him  o'erflow 
Their  thirft  to  fatisfy.  .  ^ 

6  When  troubles  like  a  burning  lun, 

Beat  heavy  on  their  head  ; 
To  his  almighty  Rock  they  run, 
And  find  a  pleafmg  (hade. 

7  How  glorious  he  !  how  happy  they 

In  fuch  a  glorious  friend  ! 
Whofe  love  fecures  them  all  the  way, 
And  crowns  them  at  the  end. 

LX.     Zfort,   or    the  city    of  God    (i).      Chap, 
xxxiii.   2C,  21. 

i    /GLORIOUS  things  of  thee  are  fpoken(i), 
Vj     Zion,  city  of  our  God  ! 
He,   whofe  word  cannot  be  broken, 
FormM  thee  for  his  own  abode  (3)  : 
On  the  rock  of  ages  founded  (4) 
What  can  ihake  thy  fure  repo  lj  i 
With  falvations  walls  furrounded  (5) 
Thou  may'ft  fmile  at  all  thy  foes. 

(i)  Bcf.k  II.  Hymn  24. 
(2)  Pfalm  lxxxvii   3.  (3)   Pfulm  cxxxif.  14V 

(4)  Matt.  xvi,  i6»  (5)  UaiahiiYi.  I. 

F  %  See  ! 


66  ISAIAH.  Bk.  L 

2  See!   the  ftreams  of  living  waters 
Springing  from  eternal  love  (i)  ; 
Well  fupply  thy  fons  and  daughters, 
And  all  fear  of  want  remove  ; 
Who  can  faint  while  fuch  a  river 
Ever  flows  their  thirft  t'  afluage  ? 
Grace,  which  like  the  Lord,  the  giver 
Never  fails  from  age  to  age. 

3  Round  each   habitation  hov'ring, 
See  the  clouds  and  fire  appear  (2) ! 
For  a  glory  and  a  covering, 
Shewing  that  the  Lord  is  near  : 
Thus  deriving  from  their  banner 
Light  by  night  and  fhade  by  day  ; 
Safe  they  feed  upon  the  manna 
Which  he  gives  them  when  they  pray* 

4  Blefl  inhabitants  of  Zion, 
Wafh'd  in  the  Redeemer's  blood  ! 
Jesus,  whom  their  fouls  rely  on, 
JVIakes  them  kings  and  priefts  to  God  (3)  • 
'Tis  his  love  his  people  raifes 

Over  felf  to  reign  as  kings, 
And  as  priefts,  his  folemn  praifea. 
Each  for  a  thank-ofPring  brings. 

5  Saviour,  if  of  Zion's  city 

I  thro'  grace  a  member  am- 
Let  the  world  deride  or  pity, 
I  will  glory  in  thy   name  : 
Fading  is  the  worldling's  pleafure„ 
All  his  boafted  pomp  and  mow  ; 
Solid  joys  and  lading  treafure, 
None  but  Zion's  children  know. 


(1)  Pfalmxlvi.  4-  (a)  Ifaiah  iv.  5, £ 

(a)  Rev.i.  6. 


LXI. 


Hv.  61.  I  S  A  I  A  H.  6? 

LXI.       Look    unt9    me,  and  be  ye  Jkvedk       Chap, 
xlv.   22. 

3     AS  the  ferpent  rais'd  by  Mofes  (i) 
jlJl     Heal'd  the   burning  ferpent's  bite 
Jesus  thus  himfelf  difclofes 
To   the  wounded  finner's  fight- 
Hear  his   gracious  invitation, 
"  I  have  life  and  peace  to  give, 
I  have  wrought  out  full  falvation. 
Sinner  look  to  me  and  live* 

2  Pore  upon  your  fins  no  longer, 
Well  I  know  their  mighty  gu 

But  my  love  than  death  is  ftronger, 

I  ray  blood  have  freely  fpij 

Tho*  your  heart  has  long  been  hardened, 

^k  on  me — it  foft  Hi  all  grow  : 

Pad  tranfgreflions  fhall  be  pardon'd, 

1  Pll  wafh  you  white  as  ihow. 

3  I  have  feen  what  you  were  doing, 
Tho*  you  little  thought  of  me  ; 
You  were  madiy  bent  on  ruin, 
Bu:  I  faid — It  mall  not  be: 

i  had  been  for  ever  wretched, 
Had  1  not  efpousM  your  part; 
N  :  i   behold  my  arms  outitretched, 
To  receive  you  to  my  hear:. 

4  Well  may  ftiame,  and  joy,  and  wonder, 
All  your  inward  palfions  move; 

I  could  crufh  thee  with  my  thunder, 
Bur  I  ipeak  to  thee  in  love  : 
See  !   your  fins  are  all  forgiv'n, 
I  have  paid  the  countlefs  ium  ! 

Numbers  xxi.  %* 


68  ISAIAH.  Bk.  I. 

Now  my  death  has  open'd  heav'n, 
Thither  you  ihall  ihortly  come." 

5  Deareft  Saviour,  we  adore   thee, 
For  thy  precious  life  and  death ; 
Melt  each  ftubborn  heart  before  thee, 
Give  us  all  the  eye  of  faith  : 
From  the  law's  condemning  fentence, 
To  thy  mercy  we  appeal ; 
Thou  alone  canft  give  repentance, 
Thou  alone  our  fouls  can  heal. 

LXII.     7he  good  Phyfic'u-.   * 

1  T  TOW  loft  was  my  condition, 
JLl     Till  Jesus  made  me  whole! 
There  is  but  one  phyfician 

Can  cure  a  fin-fick  foul  ! 

Next  door  to  death  he  found  me, 

And  fnatch'd  me  from  the  grave  ; 

To  tell  to  all  around  me, 

His  wond'rous  pow'r  to  fave. 

2  The  worft  of  all  difeafes 

Is  light,  compared  with  fin  ; 
On  ev'ry  part  it  feizes, 
But  rages  moft  within  : 
*Tis  palfy,  plague  and  fever, 
And  madnefs — all  combin'd  ; 
And  none  but  a  believer, 
The  leaft  relief  can  find. 

3  From  men  great  (kill   profefLng, 
I  thought  a  cure  to  gain  ; 

But  this  prov'd  more  diftrefling, 
And  added  to  my  pain  : 
Some  faid  that  nothing  ail'd  me; 
Some  gave  me  up  for  loft ; 

Thus 


Hv.  63.  I  S  A  I  A  H.  6> 

Thus  ev'ry  refuge  fail'd  me 
And  all  my  hopes  were  crofs'd. 

4  At  length  this  great  Phyfician, 
How  matchlefs  is  his  grace! 
Accepted  my  petition, 

And  undertook  my  cafe  : 
Firfi:  gave  me  fight  to  view  him, 
For  fin  my  eyes  had  fealM  ; 
Then  bid  me  look  unto  him ; 
I  look'd,   and  I  was  heal'd. 

5  A  dying,   rifen  Jesus, 
Seen  by  the  eye  of  faith  ; 

At  once  from  danger  frees  us, 
And  faves  the  foul  from  death  : 
Come  then  to  this  Phyfician, 
His  help  he'll  freely  give, 
He  makes  no  hard  condition, 
>Tis  only — look  and  live. 

LXIII.  To  the  tfJTifttdt  tcffidvuth  lempefts  and \ttCt 
coynfortcd.   Chap.   liv.   5,   n. 

ENSIVE,   doubting,   fearful  heart, 
Hear  what  Christ  the  Saviour  fays  ; 
Ev'ry  word  Ihould  joy  impart, 
Change  thy  mourning  into  praife  ; 
Yes,    he  fpeaks,  and  fpeaks  to  thee, 

y  he  help  thee  to  believe  ! 
Then  thou  prefently  will  fee, 
Thou  haft  little  caufe  to  grieve. 

u  Fear  thou  not,  nor  be  afnam'd, 
All  thy  forrows  foon  fhall  end  ; 
I  who  heav'n  and  earth  have  fram'd, 
Am  thy  hufband  and  thy  friend  : 
I  the  High  and  holy  One, 
[frael'fl  God  by  all  ador'd; 


p 


70  ISAIAH.  Bk.  I. 

As  thy  Saviour  will  be  known, 
Thy  Redeemer  and  thy  Lord. 

3  For  a  moment  I  withdrew, 

And  thy  heart  was  fill'd  with  pain  • 
But  my  mercies  I'll  renew, 
Thou  /halt  foon  rejoice  again: 
Though  I  feem  to  hide  my  face, 
Very  foon  my  wrath  mall  ceafe  ; 
'Tis  but  for  a  moment's  fpace, 
Ending  in  eternal  peace. 

4  When  my  peaceful  bow  appears  (i) 
Painted  on  the  watVy  cloud  : 

?Tis  to  diffipate  thy  fears, 

Left  the  earth  fliould  be  o'erflowM  : 

'Tis  an  emblem  too  of  grace, 

Of  my  covenant  love  a  fign  : 

Though  the  mountains  leave  their  place., 

Thou  (halt  be  for  ever  mine. 

5  Though  afflifted,  tempeft-tofsM, 
Corofortlefs  a  while  thou  art, 
Po  not  think  thou  canft  be  Inft, 
Thou  art  graven  on  my  heart : 
AH  thy  waftes  I  will  repair, 
Thou  malt  be  rebuilt  anew  ; 
And  in  thee  it  mall  appear 

"W  hat  a  Gen  of  love  can  do." 

LXIV.    (c)  The  contrite  heart.    Chap.  lvii.    15. 

1  i^T^  HE  Lord  will  happinefs  divine 

!_  On  contrite  hearts  beftow  : 

Then  tell  me,  gracious  God,  is  mine 
A  contrite  heart  or  no  ? 

2  I  hear,  but  feem  to  hear  in  vain, 

Infenfible  as  fteel ; 


(1)  Gen.  ix.  13,  14. 


If 


Hy.  65.  ISAIAH.  ;x 

If  ought  is  felt,  'tis  only  pain, 
To  find  I  cannot  feel. 

3  I  fometimes  think  myfelf  inclined 

To  love  thee,  if  I  cou'd  ; 
But  often  feel  another  mind, 
Averfe  to  all  that's  good. 

4  My  bed  defires  are  faint  and  few, 

I  f-tin  would  frrive  for  more  ; 
Bui  when  I  cry,  "  My  flrength  renew," 
Seem  weaker  than  before. 

5  Thy  faints  are  comforted  I  know, 

And  love  thy  houfe  of  pray'r  ; 
I  therefore  go  where  others  go, 
But  find  no  comfort  there. 

6  O  mike  this  heart  rejoice  or  acha  ; 

Decide  this  doubt  for  me  ; 
And  if  it  be  not  broken,   break, 
And  heal  it,   if  it  be. 

LXV.   (c)  The  future  peace  and  glory  of  the  church. 
Chap.   lx.    15 — 20. 

1  T  T  EAR  what  God  the  Lord  hath  fpoken, 
J.  JL   O  my  people  faint  and  few  ; 
Comfortlefs,  afflicted,  broken, 

Fair  abodes  I  build  for  you  : 
The  nes  of  henrt-felt  tribulation 
Shall  no  more  perplex  your  ways  j    • 
You  mall  name  your  walls,   falvation, 
And  your  gates  (hall  all  be  praife. 

2  There  like  ftreams  that  {e^d  the  garden, 
Pleafures,   without  end  (hall  How; 
For  the  LoRD,   your  faith  rewarding, 
All  hib  bounty  fh.ill  befto\ 

Still  in  undiiturb'd  polleflion, 
Peace  and  righteoufaefa  (hall  reign*; 


72  JEREMIAH.  Bk.  I. 

Never  fhall  you  feel  oppreffion, 
Hear  the  voice  of  war  again. 

3  Ye  no  more  your  funs  defcending, 
Waning  moons  no  more  fhall  fee  ; 
But  your  griefs,  for  ever  ending, 
Find  eternal  noon  in  me  : 
God  fhall  rife,  and  fhining  o'er  you 
Change  to  day  the  gloom   of  night; 
He,  the  Lord,  fhall  be  your  glory, 
God  your  everlafting  light. 


JEREMIAH. 

LXVI.  Truft  of  the  wicked  and  the  righteous  corn- 
fared.  Chap.  xvii.  5 — 8. 

1  AS  parched  in  the'  barren  fands 
JT. V     Beneath  a  burning  fky  ; 

The  worthlefs  bramble  withering  ftands, 
And  only  grows  to  die. 

2  Such  is  the  finner's  awful  cafe, 

Who  makes  the  world  his  truft  5 
And  dares  his  confidence  to  place 
In  vanity  and  duft. 

3  A  fecret  curfe  deftroys  his  root, 

And  dries  his  moifture  up  ; 
He  lives  a  while,  but  bears  no  fruit, 
Then  dies  without  a  hope. 

4  But  happy  he  whofe  hopes  depend 

Upon  the  Lord  alone; 
The  foul  that  trufts  in  fuch  a  friend, 
Can  ne'er  be  overthrown. 

c  Though  gourds  fhould  wither,  cifterns  break, 
And  creature-comforts  die  ; 

No 


Hy.  67.  JEREMIAH.  73 

No  change  his  folid  hope  can  fhake, 
Or  flop  his  fure  fupply. 

6  So  thrives  and  blooms  the  tree  whofe  roots 

By  conftant  ftreams  are  fed ; 
Array'd  in  green,  and  rich  in  fruits, 
It  rears  its  branching  head. 

7  It  thrives  tho'  rain  mould  be  deny'd  ; 

And  drought  around  prevail; 
'Tis  planted  by  a  river  fide, 
Whofe  waters  cannot  fail. 

LXVII.      (c)      J  EHO  VAH  our  righteoufriefs* 
Chap,  xxiii.  6. 

1  li  yTY  God  how  perfect  are  thy  ways  ! 
JLVA      But  mine  polluted  are  ; 

Sin  twines  itfelf  about  my  praife, 
And  (lides  into  my  prayer. 

2  I  would  fpeak  what  thou  haft  done 

To  fave  me  from  my  fin, 
I  cannot  make  thy  mercies  known, 
But  felf-applaufe  creeps  in. 

3  Divine  defire  that  holy  flame 

Thy  grace  creates  in  me  ; 
Alas  !  impatience  is  its  name, 
When  it  returns  to  thee. 

4  This  heart  a  fountain  of  vile  thoughts, 

How  does  it  overflow  ? 
While  felf  upon  the  furface  floats, 
Still  bubbling  from  below. 

5  Let  others  in  the  gaudy  drefs 

Of  fancied  merit  fliine  ; 
The  Lord  mall  be  my  righteoufnefs, 
The  Lord  for  ever  mine. 

G  LXVIII. 


74  LAMENTATIONS.        Bk.  I. 

LXVTII.     (c)     E  P  H  RA  I  M   rtfcnthg. 
Chap.  xxxi.    18 — 20. 

/TY  God  till  I  received  thy  ftroke, 
^X     Mow  like  a  beaft  was  I  ; 
So  unaccuftomM  to  the  yoke, 
So  backward  to  comply. 

'1  With  gr?cf  my  juft  reproach  I  bear, 
Shame  fills  me  at  the  thought; 
How  frequent  my  rebellions  were! 
What  wickedncfs  I  wrought ! 

3  Thy  merciful  reftraint  I  fcorn'd* 

And  left  the  pleafant  road  ; 
Yet  turn  me  and  I  mall  be  turn'd, 
Thou  art  the  Lord  my  God, 

4  Is  Ephraim  baniiVd  from  my  thoughts. 

Or  vile  in   my  efteem  ! 
No,  faith  the  Lord,  with  all  his  faults, 
I  ftill  remember  him, 

5  Is  he  a  dear  and  pleafant  child  ? 

Yes,  dear  and  pleafant  ftill ; 
Tho'  fin  his  foolifh  heart  beguiPd, 
And  he  withstood  my  will, 

6  My  fharp  rebuke  has  laid  him  low, 

He  feeks  my  face  again; 
My  pity   kindles  at  his  woe, 
He  fhall  not  feek  in  vain. 


LAMENTATIONS, 

LXIX.     The   Lord  is   my  portion.     Chap.  iii.   24. 

1  T7*ROM  pole  to  pole  let  others  roam, 
X        And  fearch  in  vain  for  blifs  ; 
My  foul  is  fatisfy'd  at  home, 
The  Lord  my  portion  is. 

5  2  Jesus 


Hy.   70.  E  Z  E  K  I  E  L.  75 

2  Jesus,  who   on  his   glorious    throne 

Rules  heaven,  and  earth,  and  fea  ; 
Is  pleas'd  to  claim  thee  for  his  own, 
And  give  himfelf  to  me. 

3  His  perfon  fixes  all  my  love, 

His  blood  removes  my  fear ; 
And  while  he  pleads  for  me  above, 
His  arm  preferves  me  here. 

4  His  word  of  promife  is  my  food, 

His  fpirit  is  my  guide  ; 
Thus  daily  is  my  ftrength  renew'd, 
And  all  my  wants  fupply'd.  (1). 

5  For  him  I  count  as  gain  each  lofs, 

Difgrace,  for  him,  renown  ; 
Well  may  I  glory  in  his  crofs, 
While  he  prepares  my  crown. 

6  Let  worldlings  then  indulge  their  boaft 

How  much  they  gain  or  fpend  ; 
Their  joys  mud  foon  give  up  the  ghofr, 
But  mine  mall  know  no  end. 


E     Z     E     K     I     E     L. 

LXX.     Hi- 

Chap.  xvi.    6?. 

1  /^VNCE  perifiiing  in  blood  I  lay, 
K_J      Creatures  no  help  could  give  ; 
But  Jefus  pafs'd  me  in  the  way, 

He  faw,  and  bid  me  live. 

2  Tho*  Satan  frill  his  rule  maintained, 

And  all  his  art*  employ'd  ; 


(1)  Book  III.   Hy  1 


E  2  £  K  I  £  L.  Bk.  I. 

That  mighty  word  his  rage  reftrain'd, 
I  could  not  be  deftroy'd. 

3  At  length  the   time  of  love  arriv'd, 

When  I  my  Lord  fhould  know  ; 
Then  Satan  of  his  pow'r  deprived, 
Was  forc'd  to  let  me   go. 

4  O  can  I  e'er  that  day  forget, 

When  Jesus  kindly  fpoke  ! 
u  Poor  foul,  my  blood  has  paid  thy  debt, 
And  now  I  break  thy  yoke. 

5  Henceforth  I  take  thee  for  my  own, 

And  give  myfelf  to  thee  ; 
Forfake  the  idols  thou  haft  known, 
And  yield  thyfelf  to  me." 

6  Ah,  worthlefs  heart!   it  promised  fair, 

And  faid  it  would  be  thine  ; 
I  little  thought  it  e'er  would  dare 
Again  with  idols  join. 

7  Lord,  doft  thou  fuch  back-flidings  heal, 

And  pardon  all  that's  paft? 

Sure,  if  I  am  not  made  of  fteel, 

Thou  haft  prevailed  at  lafh 

?,  My  tongue,  which  rafhly  fpoke  before, 
This  mercy  will  reftrain  ; 
Surely  I  now  (hall  boaft  no  more, 
Nor  cenfure,  nor  complain. 

LXXI.    (c)    The  Covenant.    Chap,  xxxvl.  2^—iS. 

i    rnriHL  Lord  proclaims  his  grace  abroad  ! 

Behold  I  change  your  hearts  of  ftone  : 
Each  iliall  renounce  his  idol-god, 
And  ferve,  henceforth,  tl  D  alone. 

2  My 


Hy.  72  E  Z  E  K  I  E  L.  77 

2  My  grace,  a  flowing  ftream  proceeds, 
To  wafh  your  filthenefs  away  ; 

Ye  mall  abhor  your  former  deeds, 
And  learh  my  ftatutes  to  obey. 

3  My  truth  the  great  defign  infures, 
I  give  myfelf  away  to  you  ; 

You  mall  be  mine,   I  will  be  yours^ 
Your  God  unalterably  true. 

4  Yet  not  unfought,   or  unimplor'd, 
The  plenteous  grace  lhall  I  confer  (1)  ; 

No — your  whole  hearts  mall  feek  the  Lord, 
Pll  put  a  praying  fpirit  there. 

5  From  the  firft  breath  of  life  divine, 
Down  to  the  laft  expiring  hour  ; 
The  gracious  work  mail  all  be  mine, 
Begun  and  ended  in  my  pow  Y. 

LXXII.     (c)      J  E  HO  V  AH-SH  AMMAH. 
Chap,  xlviii.    35. 

1      AS  birds  their  infant  brcod  proteet  (2), 
l\  And  fpread  their  wings  to  fhelter  them  ; 
Thus  faith  the  Lord  to  his  elect, 
"  So  will  I  guard  Jerufalem." 

3   And  what  then  is  Jerufalem, 
This  darling  object  of  his  care  ? 
Where  is  its  worth  in  God's  eftcem  ? 
Who  built  it  ? — who  inhabits  there  ? 

5  Jehovah  founded  it  in  blood, 
The  blood  of  his  incarnate  Son  ; 
There  dwell  the  faints,  once  foes  to  God, 
The  iinners  whom  he  oils  his  o. 

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D  A  tf  1  E  L.  Bk.  H 

,   though  beiieg'd  on  every  fule, 
t  much  beloved  and  guarded  well; 
From  age  to  agd  ihey  have  detVM 

The  utmoit  force  of  earth  and  hell. 

e    Let  earth  repent,   and  hell  defpair, 
This  city  has  a  lure  defence  ; 
Her  name  is  call'd,  The  Lord  is  there, 
And  who  has  pow'r  to  drive  them  thence. 


DANIEL. 

LXIII.  Thi  and  iriiah§&  of 

Chap.   iii.    6. 

i   QUPPORTED  by  the  word, 
}J  Though  in  himfelf  a  worm, 
The  iervant  of  the  Lord 
Can  wondrpus  acU  perform  ; 
nay  he  boldly  treads 
\v  the  path  of  duty  leads. 

2  The  haughty  king  in  vain, 
With  fury  on  his  brow, 
Believer's  would  conferain 
To  golden  gods  to  bow  : 
furnace  could  not  make  them  fear, 

they  knew  the  Lord  was  near* 

3  As  vain  was  the  decree 

Which  lj  not  to  pray  ; 

Daniel  ftill  bow'd  his  knee, 
And  v  orhV.p'd  thrice  a  dd\  . 
Trufting  in  Con  he  fear'd  not  men, 
Xhoi  i%pn9d  with  the  lion's  den. 

4  Secure  the>  might  refufe 
Compliance  With  ;"u;h  laws, 


For 


H v.  74-  D  A  N  I  E  L.  79 

For  what  had  they  to  loofe, 

When  God  efpous'd  their  caufe  ? 
He  made  the  hungry  lions  crouch, 
Nor  durfl  the  fire  his  children  touch. 

5  The  Lojid  is  (till  the  fame,  * 
A  mighty  fhield  and  tow'r, 

And  they  who  truft  his  nami 

Are  guided  by  his  pow'r  ; 
He  can  the  rage  of  lions  tame, 
And  bear  them  harmlefs  through  the  flame, 

6  Yet  we  too  often  fhrink 
When  trials  are  in  view  ; 
Expecting  we  mud  fink, 
And  never  can  gee  through  : 

But  could  we  once  believe  indeed, 
From  all  thofe  fears  we  mould  be  freed. 

LXXIV.    BELSHJZZ4R.     Chap.  v.  5-6. 

1  T)  0°R  finners !   little  do  they  think 
JL         With  whom  they  have  to  do  ! 
But  ftand  fecurely  on  the  brink 

Of  everlafting  woe. 

2  Belfliazzar  thus,    profanely  bold, 

The  Lord  of  hofls  defy'd  • 
But  vengeance  foon  his  boafts  controlPd, 
And  humbled  all  his  pride. 

3  He  faw  a  hand  upon  the  wall 

(And  trembled  on  his  throne) 
Which  wrote  his  fudden  dreadful  fall 
In  characters  unknown. 

4  Why  mould  lie  tremble  at  the  view 

Of  what  he  could  not  read? 
Foreboding  confcie?nce  quickly  knew 
His  ruin  was  decreed. 

5  Sec 


8°  JONAH.  Bk.  L 

5  See  him  overwhelmed  with  deep  diftrefs  ! 

His  eyes  with  anguifh  roll ; 
His  looks,  and  loofen'd  joints,  exprefs 
The  terrors  of  his  foul. 

6  His  pomp  and  mufic,  gnefts  and  wine, 

No  more  delight  afford  ; 
O  firmer,  e'er  this  cafe  be  thine, 
Begin  to  feek  the  Lord. 

7  The  law  like  this  hand  writing  ftands, 

And  fpeaks  the  wrath  of  God  (i)  ; 
But  Jesus  anfwers  its  demands 
And  cancels  it  with  blood. 


JONAH. 
LXXV.  The  gourd.    Chap.  iv.   /. 

1  A    S  once  for  Jonah,  fo  the  Lord, 

jt\  To  footh  and  cheer  my  mournful  hours> 

Prepar'd  for  me  a  pleafing  gourd, 

Cool  was  its  fhade,  and  fweet  its  fiow'rs. 

2  To  prize  his  gift  was  furely  right, 
But  through  the  folly  of  my  heart, 
It  hid  the  giver  from  my  fight, 

And  foon  my  joy  was  chang'd  to  fmart* 

3  While  I  admir'd  its  beauteous  form, 
Its  pleafant  fhade  and  grateful  fruit ; 

The  Lord  difpleas'd,  font  forth  a  worm^ 
Unfeen,  to  prey  upon  the  root. 

4  I  trembled  when  I  faw  it  fade, 

But  guilt  rellrain'd  the  murm'ring  word  » 

(i)  Coloflians  ii.  14, 

Mv 


Hy.  76        Z  E  C  H  A  R  I  A  H.  8r 

My  folly  I  confefs'd,  and  pray'd, 
Forgive  my  fin,    and  fpare  my  gourd. 

5  His  wond'rous  love  can  ne'er  be  told, 
He  heard  me  and  relieved  my   pain ; 

His  word  the  threatening  worm  controll'd, 
And  bid  my  gourd  revive  again. 

6  Now,  Lord,  my  gourd   is  mine  no  more, 
'Tis  thine  who  only  couldft  it  raife  ; 

The  idol  of  my  heart  before, 
Henceforth  fhall  flourilh  to  thy  praife. 


ZECHARlAH. 

LXXVI.  Prayer  for  the  Lord's  -promifed  prefence* 
Chap.  ii.    io. 

i   (^ ON  of  God  !   thy  people  fliielcl ! 
v3     Muft  we  ftill  thine  abfence  mourn? 
Let  thy  promife  be  fulfilled, 
Thou  haft  faid,  "  I  will  return  !" 

2  Gracious  leader,  now  appear 
Shine  upon  us  with  thy  light ! 

Like  the  fpring,  when  thou  art  nenr, 
Days  and  funs  are  doubly  bright. 

3  As  a  mother  counts  the  days, 
Till  her  abfent  fon  me  fee  : 
Longs  and  watches,  weeps  and  prs 
So  our  fpirits  long  for  thee. 

4  Come,  and  let  us  feel  thee  nigh, 
Then  thy  fheep  iliall  feed  in  peace; 
Plenty  blefs  us  from  on  high  ; 

Evil  from  amongft  us  ceale. 

K  With 


82  ZECHARIAH.  Bk.  I. 

5  With  thy  love,  and  voice,  and  aid, 
Thou  canft  ev'ry   care  afluage  5 
Then  we  mall  not  be  afraid, 
Tho'  the  world  and  Satan  rase. 

6  Thus  each  day  for  thee  we'll  fpend, 
While  our  callings  we  purfue  ; 
And  the  thoughts  of  fuch  a  friend 
Shall  each  night  our  joy  renew. 

7  Let  thy  night  be  ne'er  withdrawn, 
Golden  days  afford  us  long! 
Thus  we  pray  at  early  dawn, 
This  mall  be  our  evening  fong. 

LXXVII.     A  brand -plucked  out  of  the  fire. 
Chap.  iii.  1 — 5. 

1  TT7ITH  Satan  my  accufer,  near, 

VV    My  fpirit  trembled  when  I  faw 
The  Lord  in  majefty  appear, 
And  heard  the  language  of  his  law. 

2  In  vain  I  wifh'd  and  flrove  to  hide 
The  tatter'd  filthy  rags  I  wore; 
While  my  fierce  foe  infulting  cry'd, 
"  See  what  you  trufted  in  before  !" 

3  Struck  dumb,  and  left  without  a  plea, 
I  heard  my   gracious  Saviour  fay, 

ii  Know,  Satan,  I  this  {inner  free, 
I  dy'd  to  take  his  fins  away, 

4  This  is  a  brand  which  I  in  love 

To  fave  from  wrath  and  fin  defign  ; 
In  vain  thy  accusations  prove; 
I  anfwer  all  and  claim  him  mine." 


5  At  his  rebuke  the  tempter  fled  ; 
Then  heremov'd  my  filthy  drefs; 


Poor 


Ky.  7S.  ZECHARIA  H.  S3 

"  Poor  (inner,  take  this  robe,  he  faid, 
It  is  thy  Saviour's  righteouihefs. 

6  And  fee,  a  crown  of  life  prepar'd  ! 
That  I  might  thus  thy  head  adorn  ; 

I  thought  no  ihame  or  fufPring  hard, 
But  wore  for  thee  a  crown  of  thorn. " 

7  O  how  I  heard  thefe   gracious  words! 
They   broke  and  healM  my   heart  at  once  * 
Conltrain'd  me  to  become  the  Lord's, 
And  all  my  idol-gods  renounce. 

8  Now,  Satan,  thou  hafi:  Ion:  thy  aim, 
Againft  this  brand  thy  threats  are  vain; 
Jesus  has  pluck'd  it  from  the   flame, 
And  who  (hall  put  it  in  again  ? 

LXXVIII.     On  one  fltine  (hall  be /even  eyes. 
Chap.  iii.  9. 

1  TESUS  Christ,  the  Lord's  anointed, 
J      Who  his  blood  for  finners  fpilt; 

Is  the  itone  by  God  appointed, 
And  the  church  is  on  him  built : 
Me  delivers  all  who  truft  him  from  their  guilt. 

2  Many  eyes  at  once  are  fix'd 
On  a  peri  on  fo  divine  ; 

Love,   with  awful  juflice  mixed, 
In  his  great  redemption  fhine  : 
Mighty  Jesus  !  give  me  leave  to  call  thee  mine. 

By  the  Father's  eye  approved, 
Lo,  a  voice  is  heard  from  Heav'n  ( 1), 
"  Sinners,  this  is  my  beloved, 
For  your  r.mfom  freely  giv'n  : 
All  oifences,  for  his   fake,    mall   be  forgiven. " 

4  Angels  with  their  eyes  purfu'd  him  (2), 
ien  he  left  his  glorious  throne  ; 

...  iii.  17.  I  Tim.  iii.  16. 


*4  Z  E  C  H  A  R  I  A  H.  Bk.  I. 

With  aftonifhment  they  view'd  him 
Put  the  form  of  fervant  on : 
Angels  worlhip'd  him  who  was  on  earth  unknown. 

5  Satan  and  his  hoft  amazed, 
Saw  this  (lone  in  Zion  laid; 
Jesus,  tho'  to  death  abafed, 
Bruis'd  the  fubtle  ferpent's  head  (i)  ; 

When  to  fave  us,  on  the  crofs  his  blood  he  med. 

6  When  a  guilty  {inner  fees  him, 
While  he  looks  his  foul  is  heal'd  ; 
Soon  his  fight  from  anguifh  frees  him, 
And  imparts  a  pardon  feal'd  (2)  : 

May  this  Saviour  be  to  all  our  hearts  reveal'd. 

7  With  defire  and  admiration, 

All  his  blood. bought  flock  behold  ; 
Him  who  wrought  out  their  falvation, 
And  enclos'd  them  in  his  fold  (3)  : 
Yet  their  warmeft  love  and  praifes  are  too  cold. 

8  By  the  eye  of  carnal  reafon, 
Many  view  him  with  difdain  (4)  ; 
How  will  they  abide  the  feafon, 
When  he'll  come  with  all  his  train  ? 

To  efcape  him  then  they'll  wifti,  but  wifh  in  vain. 

9  How  their  hearts  will  melt  and  tremble, 
When  they  hear  his  awful  voice  (5) ; 
But  his  faints  he'll  then  affemble, 

As  his  portion  and  his  choice  ; 
And  receive  them  to  his  everlafting  joys. 

LXXIX.      (c)  Praife  fir  the  fountain  opened. 
Chap.  xiii.    1. 
I    *T~^HERE  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with  blood 
JL       Drawn  from  Emmanuel's  veins  • 
And  finners  plung'd  beneath  that  flood, 
Lofe  all   their  guilty   ftains. 

(I)  John  xii.  31.         (2)  John  ill-  15.  (3)  1  Pet.  ii.  ;. 

(4)  Pfalms  cxviii.  22.         (5)  Rev  i.  -. 

2  The 


Hy.  80.  M  A  L  A  C  H  I.  85 

2  The  dying  thief  rejoic'd  to  fee 
That  fountain  in  his  day  ; 
And  there  have  I,   as  vile  as  he, 
Wafh'd  all  my  fins  away. 

2  Dear  dying  Lamb,  thy  precious  blood 
Shall  never  lofe  its  pow'r, 
Till  all  the  ranfom'd  church  of  God 
Be  fav'd  to  fin  no  more. 

4  E'er  fmce,  by  faiih,  I  faw  the  ftreara 

Thy  flowing  wounds  fupply, 
Redeeming  Love  has  been  my  theme, 
And  fhall  be  till  I  die. 

5  Then  in  a  nobler,  fweeter  fong 

I'll  fiflg  thy  pow'r  to  fave  ; 
When  this  poor  lifping  ftamm'ring  tongue, 
Lies  filent  in  the  grave. 

6  Lord,  I  believe  thou  haft  prepar'd 

(Unworthy  though  I  be) 
For  me  a  blood-bought  free  reward. 
A  golden  Harp  for  me  ! 

7  'Tis  ftrung,  and  tun'd,  for  endlefs  years/ 

And  form'd  by  pow'r  divine  ; 
To  fouad,  in  God  the  Father's  ears 
No  other  name  but  thine. 


M     A     L     A     C     II     I. 

LXXX.    They  frail  be  mine,  faith  the  Lord. 
Chap,   iii,    16 — j  8. 

1    \AJ  HEN  Tinners  utter  boafting  words, 
V  V       And  glory  in  their  fliame; 
The  Lord,   well  pleas'd,  an  ear  affords 
To  thofe  who  fe;ir  his  name. 

H  They 


S6  MATTHEW.  Ek.  I. 

2  They  often  meet  to  feek  his  face, 

And  what  they  do,  or  lay, 
Is  noted  in  his  hook  of  grace 
Againit  another  day. 

3  For  they  by  faith  a  day  defcry, 

And  joyfully  expect, 
When  he,  descending  from  the  fky, 
His  jewels  will  collect. 

4  Unnotic'd  now,  becaufe  unknown, 

A  poor  and  fuff'ring  few  ; 
He  comes  to  claim  them  for  his  own  : 
And  bring  them  forth  to  view. 

5  With  tranfport  then  their  Saviour's  care 

And  favour  they  fhall  prove  ; 
As  tender  parents  guard  and  fpare 
The  children  of  their  love. 

6  Affembled  worlds  will  then  difcern 

The  faints  alone  are  bleft; 
When  wrath  ihall  like  an  oven  burn, 
And  vengeance  ftrike  the  reft. 


nmmmmtmmm  i 

M     A    T     T     H     E     W. 

LXXXI.    The  Beggar.    Chap.  vii.   7,   $. 

i   "p  NCOURACDby  thy  word 

■    j   Of  promife  to  the  poor  ; 

Behold,  a  beggar,  Lord, 

Waits  at  thy  mercy's  dcor  ! 
No  hand,  no  heart,  O  Lord,  but  thine, 
Can  help  or  pity  wants  like  mine. 

1  The  beggar's  ufual  plea 
Relief  from  men  to  gain, 

5  if 


Hv.  Si.  M  A  T  T  H  E  Y\ '.  87 

If  offer'd  unto  thee, 

I  know  thou  would'ft  difdain  ; 
And  pleas  which  move  thy  gracious  ear, 
Are  fuch  as  men  would  fcorn  to  hear. 

3  I  have  no  right  to  fay 
That  though  I  now  am  poor, 
Yet  once  there  was  a  clay 
When  I  pofTeffed  more  : 

Thou  know'ft  that  from  my  very  birth, 
Iv'e  been  the  pooreft  wretch  on  earth. 

4  Nor  can  I  dare  profefs 
As  beggars  often  do, 
Though  great  is  my  diftrefs, 
My  wants  have  been  but  few  : 

If  thou  fhouldft  leave  my  foul  to  ftarve, 
It  would  be  what  I  well  deferve. 

5  'Twere  folly  to  pretend 
I  never  begg'd  before  ; 
Or  if  thou  now  befriend, 
Pll  trouble  thee  no  more  : 

Thou  often  haft  reliev'd  my  pain, 
And  often  I  muft  come  again. 

6  Though  crumbs  are  much  too  good 
For  fuch  a  dog  as  I  ; 

No  lefs  than  children's  food 
My  foul  can  fatisfy  : 

0  do  no:  frown  and  bid  me  go, 

1  muft  have  all  thou  canft  bellow. 

7  Nor  can  I  willing  be 
Thy  bounty  to  conceal 
From  others  who  like  me, 
Their  wants  and  hunger  fee! : 

Pll  tell  them  of  thy  mercy's  ftore, 
And  try  to  fend  a  thoufand  more. 

S  Thy 


S8  MATTHEW.  Bk.  L 

8  Thy  thoughts,  thou  only  wife  ! 

Our  thoughts  and  ways  tranfcend, 

Far  as  the  arched  fkies 

Above  the  earth  extend  (i)  : 
Such  pleas  as  mine  men  would  not  bear, 
But  God  receives  a  beggar's  pray'r. 


LXXXII.    The  Leper.    Chap.   viii.   2,  3* 


■o 


FT  as  the  leper's  cafe  I  read, 
My  own  defcrib'd  I  feel ; 
Sin  is  a  leprofy  indeed, 

Which  none  but  Christ  can  heal. 


2  A  while  I  would  have  pafs'd  for  well, 
And  (trove  my  fpots  to  hide  ; 
Till  it  broke  out  incurable, 
Too  plain  to  be  deny'd. 

a   Then  from  the  faints  I  fought  to  flee, 
And  dreaded  to  be  feen  ; 
I  thought  they  all  would  point  at  me. 
And  cry,   u  Unclean,  unclean!" 

a   What  an&iiifh  did  my  foul  endure, 
Till  hope  and  patience  ceased  ? 

fclf  to  cure, 
The  more  the  plague  increas'd. 

5  While  thus  1  lay  diftrefs'd,    I 

The  Saviour  palling  by  ; 
To  him.   though  hfl'd  with  ihame  and  awe, 
1  rals'd  iuy  mournful  cr  . 

6  Lord,  thou  canft  heal  me  if  thou  wilt, 

For  thou  cantt  all  things  do; 

O  cleanfe  my  leprous  foul  from  guilt. 
My  filthy  heart  renew  1 

(1)  Ifaiahlv.  8,  9. 


He 


Hy.  83.  M  A  T  T  H  E  W.  89 

7  He  heard,  and  with  a  gracious  look, 
Pronounc'd  the  healing  word  ; 
"  I  will — be  clean/'  and  while  he  fpokc 
I  felt  my  health  reftor'd. 

6  Come  lepers,  fcize  the  prefent  hour, 
The    Saviour's  grace  to  prove  -7 
He  can  relieve,  for  he  is  pow'r, 
He  Silly   for  he  is  love. 

LXXXIII.     A  fick  Soul.     Chap.  ix.    12- 

1  -QHYSICIAN  of  my  fin-fick  foul, 
jL         To  thee  I  bring  my  cafe  ; 

My  raging  malady  control, 
And  heal  me  by  thy  grace. 

2  Pitv  the  anguifn  I  endure, 

See  how  I  mourn  and  pine  ; 
For  never  can  I  hope  a  cure 
From  any  hand  but  thine. 

o   I  would  difclofe  my  whole  complaint, 
But  where  Hi  all  I  begin  ? 
No  words  of  mine  can  fully  paint 
That  word  diiiemper,  iin. 

4  It  lies  not  in  a  fingle  part, 

But  thro'  my  frame  is  fpread ; 
A  burning  fever  in  my  heart, 
A  pally  in  my  head. 

5  It  makes  me  deaf,  and  dumb,  and  blind, 

id  impotent  anil  lame  \ 
And  overclouds,   and  tills  my  mind, 
With  folly,  fear  and  ihame. 

6  A  thoufand  evil  thoughts  intrude 

Tumultuous  in  my  breait; 
Which  indilpofe  me  for  my  food, 
And  rob  lae  oi  my  reft. 

H  a  7  1 


M  A  T  T  H  E  W.  Bk.  & 

7  Lord  I  am  fick,  regard  my  cry, 
And  let  my  fpirit  free  : 
Say,  canft  thou  let  a  (Inner  die, 
Who  longs  to  live  to  thee  ? 

\  LXXXIV.  Satan  returning.     Chap.  xii.  43 — 35* 

T  THEN  Jesus  claims  the  Tinner's  heart, 
rV       Where  Satan  rulM  before, 
The  evil  fpirit  muft  depart, 
And  dares  return  no  more* 

2  But  when  he  goes  without  conftraint, 

And  wanders  from  his  home  ; 
Altho'  withdrawn  'tis  but  a  feint, 
He  means  again  to  come. 

3  Some  outward  change  perhaps  is  ken 

If  Satan  quit  the  place; 
But  tho'  the  houfe  feems  fwept  and  clean, 
>Tis  deftitute  of  grace. 

a  Except  the  Saviour  dwell  and  reign 
Within  the  finner's  mind  ; 
Satan,  when  he  returns  again, 
Will  eafy  entrance  find, 

5  With  rage  and  malice  feven  fold, 

He  then  refumes  his  fway  \ 
No    more  by   checks   to  be  controlled, 
No  more  to  go  away. 

6  The  Tinner's  former  ftate   was  bad, 

But  worfe  the  latter  far  ; 
He  lives  poflfefled,  blind  and  mad, 
And  dies  in  dark  defpair. 

7  Lord  fave  me  from  this  dreadful  end! 

And  from  this  heart  of  mine, 
O  drive  and  keep  away  the  fiend 
Who  fears  no  voice  but  thine. 

LXXXV. 


Hy.  t$.         M  A  T  T  H  E  \V\  $r 

LXXXV.     (c)     The  Sower.     Chap.  xiii.  3* 

1  'XTEi  fons  of  earth  prepare  the  plough, 

X       Break  up  your  fallow  ground  1 
The  fower  is  gone  forth  to  fow, 
And  fcatter  bleffings  round. 

2  The  feed  that  finds  a  ftony  foil, 

Shoots  forth  a  hafty  blade  ; 
But  ill  repays  the  fower's  toil, 

Soon  wither'd,  fcortch'd,  and  dead* 

3  The  thorny  ground  is  fure  to  balk 

All  hopes  of  barveft  there  : 
We  find  a  tall  and  fickly  ftalk, 
But  not  the  fruitful  ear. 

4  The  beaten  path  and  high-way  fide 

Receive  the  trnft  in  vain  ; 
The  watchful  birds  the  prey  divide, 
And  pick  up  all  the  grain. 

5  But  where  the  Lord  of  grace  and  pow'r 

Has  blefs'd  the  happy   field; 
How  plentous  is  the  golden  ftore, 
The  deep  wrought  furrows  yield. 

6  Father  of  mercies,  we  have  need 

Of  thy  preparing  grace  ; 
Let  the  fame  hand  that  gives  the  feed 
Provide  a  fruitful -pi  ace. 

LXXXVI.     The  wheat  and  tares.     Chap.  xiii. 
37—42- 

1  npHCV  in  the  outward  church  below 

JL        The  wheat  and  tares  together  grow; 
Jesus  ere  long  will  weed  the  crop, 
And  pluck  the  tares,  in  anger,  up. 

2  Will  it  relieve  their  horrors  there, 

To  recollect  their  Rations  here? 

How 


92  MATTHEW.  Bk.  I. 

How  much  they  heard,  how  much  they  knew, 
How  long  among  the  wheat  they  grew  J 

3  Oh  !  this  will  aggravate  their  cafe  ! 
They  periih  under  means  of  grace  ; 
To  them  the  word  of  life  and  faith, 
Became  an  inftruinent  of  death. 

4  We  feem  alike  when  thus  we  meet, 
Strangers  might  think  we  all  are  wheat ; 
But  to  the  Lord's  all-fearching  eyes, 
Each  heart  appears  without  difguife. 

r  The  tares  are  fpar'd  for  various  ends, 
Some,   for  the  fake  of  praying  friends  ; 
Others,  the  Lord,  againft  their  will, 
Employs  his  council  to  fulfil. 

6  But  tho'  they  grow  fo  tall  and  ftrong, 
His  plan  will  not  require  them  long  ; 
In  harveft  when  he  laves  his  own, 
The  tares  fhall  into  hell  be  thrown. 

LXXXV1I.     Peter  walking  upon  the  water. 
Chap.  xiv.    2.8 — 31. 

j     A    Word  from  Jesus  calms  the  fea> 
XX     The  ftormy  wind  controls; 
And  gives  repofe  and  liberty 
To  tempeft-toffed  fouls. 

a  To  Peter  on  the  waves  he  came, 
And  gave  him  inftant  peace  ; 
Thus  he  to  me  reveal'd  his  name, 
And  bid  my  forrows  ceafe. 

o   Then  filPd  with  wonder,  joy,  and  lore, 
Peters  requeft  was  mine  ; 
Lord  call  me  down,  I  long  to  jrove, 
That  I  am  wholly  thine. 

4  Unmov'd 


Hi.   88.  M  A  T  T  H  E  W.  93 

4  UnmovM  at  all  I  have  to  meet 

On  life's  tempeftuous  fea  ; 
Hard,  mail  be  eafy  ;  bitter  fweet, 
So  I  may  follow  thee  . 

5  He  heard  and  fmiPd,  and  bid  me  try, 

I  eagerly  obeyed  ; 
But  when  from  him  I  turn'd  my  eye, 
How  was  my  foul  difmay'd  ! 

6  The  ftorm  increas'd  on  ev'ry  fide, 

I  felt  my  fpirit  fhrink  ; 
And  foon,   with  Peter,  loud  I  cry'd, 
u  Lord  fave  me,  or  I  fink." 

7  Kindly  he  caught  me  by  the  hand, 

And  faid,  "  Why  doft  thou  fear  ? 
Since  thou  art  come  at  my  command, 
And  I  am  always  near. 

8  Upon  my  promife  reft  thy  hop?, 

And  keep  my  love  in  view  ; 
I  ftand  engagM  to  hold  the  up, 
And  guide  thee  fafely  through." 

LXXXVIII.     Woman  of  Canaan.     Chap*    xv. 
22—28. 

1  T)  RAY'R  an  anfwer  will  obtain, 
jl      Though  the  Lord  a  while  del 

one  mail  feek  his  face  in  vain, 
None  be  empty  lent  aw 

2  When  the  woman  came  from  Tyre. 
And  for  help  to  Jksus  fought; 
Though  he  granted  her  dellrc, 

Yet  at  firft  he  anfwer'd  not. 

3  Could  (lie  guefs  at  his  in&ei 
When  he  to  his  followers  laid, 
**  1  to  Ifrael's  Ihcep  am  lent, 

Dogs  mult  not  have  children's  bread.'' 

4    v 


94  MATTHE  Y\\  Bk.  I. 

4  She  was  not  of  Ifrael's  feed, 
But  of  Canaan's  wretched  race  ; 
Thought  herfelf  a  dog  indeed  ; 
Was  not  this  a  hopelefs  cafe  ? 

5  Yet  although  from  Canaan  fprung, 
Though  a  dog  herfelf  me  ftil'd  ; 
She  had  Ifrael's  faith  and  tongue, 
And  was  own'd  for  Abraham's  child. 

6  From  his  words  /lie  draws  a  plea  ; 
'Though  unworthy  children's  bread, 
u  'Tis  enough  for  one  like  me, 

If  with  crumbs  I  may  be  fed.'* 

7  Jesus  then  his  heart  reveal'd, 

u  Woman  canft  thou  thus  believe? 

I  to  thy  petition  yield, 

All  that  thou  canfl  wifh,  receive  Vy 

8  'Tis  a  pattern  fet  for  us, 

How  we  ought  to  wait  and  pray; 
None  who  plead  and  wreftle  thus 
Shall  be  empty  fent  away. 

LXXXIX.     What  think  ye  of  Chri  ST  ? 
Chap.    xxii.     42. 

1  XT  7HAT  think  you  of  Christ?   is  the  - 

V  V       To  try  both  your  ftate  and  your  fcheme  ; 
You  cannot  be  right  fa  the  reft, 
Unlefs  you  think  rightly  of  him. 
As  Jf.su s  appears  in  your  view, 
As  he  is  beloved  or  not ; 
So  God  is  difpofed  to  you, 
And  mercy  or  wrath  are  your  lor. 

2  Some  take  him  a  creature  to  be, 
A  man,   or  an  angel  at  moll ; 

Sure  thefe  have  not  feelings  like  me, 
Nor  know  themfelves  wretched  and  loft  : 


9o.  M  A  T  T  H  E  W.  9S 

So  guilty,   fo  helplefs,  am  I, 
I  durit  not  contide  in  his  blood, 
jr  on  his  protection  rcl 

Unlefs  I  were  fure  he  is  God. 

3  Some  call  him  a  Saviour,  in  word, 

But  mix  their  own  works  with  his  plan; 
And  hope  he  his  help  will  afford, 
When  they  have  d  me  all  that  they  can  : 
If  doings  prove  rather  too  light 
(A  little  they  own  they  may  tail) 
They  purpofe  to  make  up  full  weight, 
By  catting  his  name  En  the  fcale. 

4  Some  ftyle  him  the  pearl  of  great  price, 
And  fay  he's  the  fountain  of  joys  ^ 

Yet  feed  upon  folly  and  vice, 
And  cleave  to  the  world  and  its  toys  : 
Like  Judas,   the  Saviour  they  | 
And  while  they  falute  him  betray  ; 
Ah  !   what  will  profeifion  like  this 
Avail  in  his  terrible  day  ? 

5  Ifafk'd  what  of  Jesus  I  think? 

Though  ftill  my  beft  thoughts  are  but  poor; 
I  fay,  he's  my  meat  and  my  drink, 
My  life,  and  my  flrength,  and  my  ftore  ; 
ihepherd,  my  hufband,  my  friend, 
Saviour  from  fin  and  from  thrall ; 
My  hope  from  beginning  to  end, 
My  portion,  my  Lord,   and  my  all. 

XC.     The  foolifi  virgins,     (i)     Chap.   xxv.    I. 

i    \\J  I  tending  from  the  fky 

VV       The  bridegroom  fhall  appear; 
And  the  folemn  midnight  cry, 
Shall  call  profefforb  near  ; 

(i)  Book  III,  Hymi: 


96  M  A  T  T  H  E  W.  Bk.  I. 

How  the  found  our  hearts  will  damp  ! 
How  will  ihame  o'erfpread  each  face  ! 
If  we  only  have  a  lamp, 

Without  the  oil  of  grace. 

2  Foolifh  Virgins  then  will  wake 

And  feek  for  a  fupply  ; 
But  in  vain  the  pains  they  take 

To  borrow  or  to  buy  : 
Then  with  thofe  they  now  defpife, 
Earneftly  they'll  wifh  to  fhare ; 
But  the  beft  among  the  wife, 

Will  have  no  oil  to  fpare. 

3  Wife  are  they,  and  truly  bleft, 

Who  then  fhall  ready  be  ! 
But  defpair  will  feize  the  reft, 

And  dreadful  mifery  : 
Once,  they'll  cry,  we  fcorn'd  to  doubt, 
Though  in  lies  our  truft  we  put; 
aMow  our  lamp  of  hope  is  out, 

The  door  of  mercy  fhut. 

4  If  they  then  prefume  to  plead, 

u  Lord,  open  to  us  now; 
We  on  earth  have  heard  and  pray'd, 

And  with  thy  faints  did  bow  :" 
He  will  anfwer  from  his  throne, 
"  Though  you  with  my  people  mix'4, 
Yet  to  me  you  ne'er  were  known, 

Depart,  your  doom  is  fix'd." 

t;  O  that  none  who  worfhip  here 
May  hear  that  word,   depart ! 
Lord,  imprefs  a  aodly  fear 
On  each  profeffor's  heart : 
Help  us,  Lord,   to  fearch  the  camp, 
Let  us  not  ourfelves  beguile; 
Trufting  to  a  dying  Lamp, 
Without  a  flock  of  oil. 

XCL 


Hv.  9i.  M  A  T  T  H  E  W.  97 

XCI.  Peter  finning  and  repenting.  Chap.  xxvi.   73. 

1  \T7  HEX  Peter  boafted,  foon  he  fell, 

V  V       Yet  was  by  grace  refior'd ; 
His  cafe  fhould  be  regarded  well 
By  all  who  fear  the  Lord. 

2  A  voice  it  has,  and  helping  hand,     - 

Backfliders  to  recall  ; 
And  cautions  thofe  who  think  they  ftand, 
Left  fuddenly  they  fall. 

3  He  faid,   u   Whatever  others  do> 

With  Jesus  I'll  abide;" 
Yet  foon  amidft  a  murd'rous  crew 
His  fuff'ring  Lord  deny'd. 

4  He  who  had  been  fo  bold  before, 

Xow  trembled  like  a  leaf; 
Xot  only  ly'd,  but  curs'd  and  fwore, 
To  gain  the  more  belief. 

5  While  he  blafphem'd,   he  heard  the  cock, 

And  Jesus  look'd  in  love  ; 
At  once,  as  if  by  lightening  (truck, 
His  tongue  forbore  to  move, 

6  Deliver'd  thus  from  Satan's  fnare. 

He  ftarts,  as  from  a  fleep  ; 
His  Saviour's  look  he  could  not  bear, 
But  hafted  forth  to  weep. 

7  But  fure  the  faithful  cock  had  crow'd 

A  hundred  times  in  vain, 
Had  not  the  Lord  that  look  beftow'd 
The  meaning  to  explain. 

8  As  I,  like  Peter,  vows  have  made, 

Yet  acted  Peter's  part ; 
Soconfcience,  like  the  cock,   upbraid? 
My  bafe,  ungreatful  heart. 

I  9  Lord 


93  :.i  A  ft  ft  Bk.  l 

9  Lord  Jesus,  hear  a  finner's  cry, 
My  broken  peace  renew  ; 
And  grant  one  pitying  look,    that  I 
May  weep  with  Peter  too. 

M    A    a    K. 

XCII.    The  legion  difpojetfed.     Chap.  v.    18,   19. 

1  T     EGION  was  my  name  by  nature, 
1   J   Satan  rag'd  within  my  breaft; 

Never  mifery  was  greater, 
Never  (inner  more  poffeiVd  : 
Mifchievous  to  all  around  me, 
To  myfelf  the  greateft  foe  ; 
Thus  I  was,  when  Jesus  found  me, 
FilPd  with  madnefs,  fin  and  woe. 

2  Yet  in  this  forlorn  condition, 
When  he  came  to  fet  me  free  ; 
I  reply'd,   to  my  phyfician, 

"  What  have  I  to  do  with  thee?" 
But  he  would  not  be  prevented, 
Refcu'd  me  againft  my  will ; 
Had  he  ftaid  till  I  confented, 
I  had  been  a  captive  flill. 

3  "  Satan,  though  thou  fain  wouldft have  it, 
Know,  this  foul  is  none  of  thine ; 

I  have  fhed  my  blood  to  fave  it, 
Now  I  challenge  it  for  mine  (1)  : 
Though  it  long  has  thee  refembled, 
Henceforth  it  ihall  me  obey  ;" 
Thus  he  fpoke,   while  Satan  trembled, 
Gnafh'd  his  teeth  and  fled  away. 

intic  foul  he  healed, 
md  forrows  ceafe ; 

1)  Book  III.  Kymn  54. 

5  «  Take 


Hv.  93.  MAR  K.  99 

"  Take,  faid  lie,   my  pardon  fealed, 
I  have  fav'd  thee,  go  in  peace  :w 
Rather  take  me,  Lord,   to  heaven, 
Now  thy  love  and  grace  I  know  ; 
Since  thou  haft  my  fins  forgiven. 
Why  fhouldl  remain  below  ! 

5  u  Love,  he  faid,  will  fweeten  labours, 
Thou  haft  fomething  yet  to  do  ; 
Go  and  tell  your  friends  and  neighbour  , 
What  my  love  has  done  for  you  : 
Live  to  manifeft  my  g!cr 
Wak  for  heav'n  a  little  fpp.ee  ; 
Sinners,  when  they  hear  thy  ilory, 
Will  repent  and  fee^  :-. " 

XCIIL     Thr  raifed. 

Chap.   v.  39 — 42. 

I    /^t  OULD  the  creatures  help  or  eafe  us, 

V^    Seldom  mould  we  think  of  pray  V; 

Few,  if  any,  come  to  Jesus, 

Till  redue'd  to  felf-defpair  : 

Long  we  either  (light  or  doubt  him, 

But  when  all  the  means  we  try, 

Prove  we  cannot  do  without  him, 

Then  at  laft  to  him  we  cry. 

2.    Thus  the  ruler  when  his  daughter 

SufferM  much,  though  Christ  was  nigh, 

Still  deferr'd  it,  till  he  thought  her 

At  the  very  point  to  die  : 

Though  he  mourn'd  for  her  condition, 

He  did  not  intreat  the  Lord, 

Till  lie  found  that  no  phyiician 

But  himfelf,  could  help  afford; 

3   Jefus  did  not  once  upbraid  him, 
That  he  had  no  fooner  come  ; 

Buc 


io©  M  A  R  K.  Bk.  L 

But  a  gracious  anfwer  made  him, 
And  went  ftraightways  with  him  home: 
Yet  his  faith  was  put  to  trial, 
When  his  fervants  came,   and  faid, 
u  Though  he  gave  thee  no  denial, 
,'Tis  tco  late,  the  child  is  dead." 

4  Jefus,  to  prevent  his  grieving, 
Kindly  fpoke  and  eas'd  his  pain  ; 
"  Be  not  fearful,   but  believing, 
Thou  {halt  fee  her  live  again  : 
When  he  found  the  people  weeping, 
tl  Ceafe,  he  faid,   no  longer  mourn  ; 
For  me  is  not  dead,  but  deeping, " 
Then  they  laughed  him  to  fcorn. 

5  O  thou  meek  and  lowly  Saviour, 
How  determined  is  thy  love  ! 
Not  this  rude  unkind  behaviour, 
Could  thy  gracious  purpofe  move  ; 
Soon  as  he  the  room  had  enterd 
Spoke,  and  took  her  by  the  hand  ; 
Death  at  once  his  prey  furrender'd, 
And  ihe  liv'd  at  his  command. 

6  Fear  not  then,  diftrefs'd  believer, 
Venture  on  his  mighty  na:. 

Ke  is  able  to  deliver, 
And  his  love  is  frill  the  fame : 
Can  his  pity  or  his  power. 
Suffer  thee  to  pray  in  vain  ; 
Wait  but  his  appointed  hour, 
And  thy  fuit  thou  malt  obtain. 

XCIV.    Eut  one  Icsf  (i).    Chap.   viii.    i^. 
I    \  T  7  HEN  the  difciples  crofs'd  the  lake 
t  V  but  one  loaf  on  board  ; 

aogely  did  their  hearts  miftake 
caution  of  the  Lord. 

(I)  Book  III.  Hymn 

2  "  The 


n  \ .   95.  M  ARK. 

1  "  The  leven  of  the  Pharifees 
Beware,"  the  Saviour  faid  ; 
They  thought,  it  is  becaufe  he  fees 
We  have  forgotten  bread. 

j  It  feems  they  had  forgotten  too, 
What  their  own  eyes  had 
How  with  what  icarce  fuffie'd  for  few'; 
He  fed  a  multitude. 

4  If  five  frnail  loaves,  by  his  command, 

Could  many  thoufand  ferve  ; 
Might  they  not  truft  his  gracious  ha 
they  mould  never  ftarve  ! 

5  They  oft  his  pow'r  and  love  had  kiv 

And  doubileis  were  to  blame  ; 
But  we  have  reafon  good  to  own 
That  we  are  juft  the  fame. 

6  How  often  has  he  brought  relief, 

And  ev?ry  want  fupply'd? 
Yet  foon,  again,  our  unbelief, 

,  "  Can  the  Lord  provide  V 

7^  Be  thankful  for  one  loaf  to-day, 
Tho'  tkat  be  all  your  (tore  ; 
To-morrow,  if  you  truft  and  pray, 
Shall  timely  bring  you  mi  r   . 

XCV.     BARTIMEUS.     Chap.  x.   47—48. 

1    *'A/fERCY;  O  thou  Son  of  David!" 
1VJL   Thus  blind  Bartimeus  pray'd  j 
Others  by  thy  word  are  faved, 
Now  to  me  afford  thine  aid  : 
Many  for  his  crying  chid  him, 
But  he  call'd  the  louder  ftill  ; 
Till  the  gracious  Saviour  bid  him 
4k  Come,  and  afiv  me  what  you  will." 

I  2  2  Moncv 


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not  what  he  warned, 
Tho'  by  begging  usM  to  live  ; 

:  he  afk'd,  and  Jesus  granted 
Alms,  which  none  but  he  cculd  give  : 
"  Lord  remove  this  grievous  blindnefs, 
Let  my  eyes  behold  the  day  ;" 
Straight  he  faw,  and  won  by  kindnefs, 
Followed  Jesus  ia  the  way. 

3  Oh!  metbinks  I  hear  him  praifmg, 
Publifhing  to  all  around  ; 

l-  Friends  is  not  my  cafe  amazing? 
What  a  Saviour  I  have  found  : 
Oh  !   that  all  the  blind  but  knew  hhii, 
And  would  be  advis'd  by  me  ! 
Surely,   would  they  haften  to  him, 
He  would  caule  them  all  to  fee. 

XCVI      (c)     The  houfe   of  prayer.     Chap.   xi.    rj. 

1  ^X^HY  manfion  is  the  chrifiian's  heart, 

JL        O  Lord,  thy  dwelling-place  fecure  ! 
I  the  unruly  throng  depart, 
And  leave  the  confederated  door. 

2  Devoted  as  it  is  to  thee, 

A  thievifh  fevann  frequents  the  place  * 
They  ileal  away  my  joys  from  me, 
And  rob  my  Saviour  of  his  praife. 

r>  There  too  a  (harp  defigning  trade 
Sin,   Satan,   and    the  world  maintain  : 

r  ceafe  to  prefs  me  and  perfuade, 
To  part  with  eafe  and  purchafe  pain. 

4  I  know  them,  and  I  hate  their  din, 
Am  weary  of  the  buttling  croud, 
But  while  their  voice  is  heard  within, 
1  cannot  ferve  thee  as  I  wou!d; 

q   Ok! 


Hv.  9;.  M  A  R  K.  103 

5  Oh!  for  the  joy  thy  prefence  gives, 

What  peace  fhall  reign  when  thou  art  here  .r 
Thy  pre:ence  makes  this  den  of  thieves, 
A  calm  delightful  houfe  of  pray'r. 

6  And  if  thou  make  thy  temple  mine, 
Yet,  felf-abas'd  will  I  adore; 

The  gold  and  filver  are  not  mine, 
I  give  thee  what  was  thine  before. 

XCVII.     The  blafted  fig-tree.     Chap.  xi.  2c 

1    /\XE  awful  word  which  Jesus  fpoke, 
\_S    Againft  the  tree  which  bore  no  fir 
More  piercing  than  the  lightning's  firoke, 
Blafted  and  dry'd  it  to  the  root. 

1  But  could  a  tree  the  Lord  offend, 
To  make  him  ihew  his  anger  thus  ? 
He  furely  had  a  farther  end, 
To  be  a  warning- word  to  us. 

o 

3  The  fig-tree  by  its  leaves  was  known,, 
But  having  not  a  fig  to  fhow  ; 

It  brought  a  heavy  fentence  down, 
u  Let  none   hereafter  on  thee  grow." 

4  Too  many,  who  the  gofpel  hear, 
Whom  Satan  blinds  and  lin  deceives, 
We  to  this  fig-tree  may  compare, 
They  yield  no  fruit,  but  only  leaves. 

5  Knowledge,  and  zeal,   and  gifts,  and  talk, 
Unlefs  combined  with  faith  and  !cve, 
And  witnefs'd  by  a  gofpel  walk, 

Will  not  a  true  profc'Iicn  prove. 

6  Without  the  fruit  the  Lord  expects, 
Knowledge  will  make  our  ftafie   the  wcrfe  ; 
Trie  barren  trees  he  11  ill  rejects, 

And  fooa  will  U 

7  O  Lord, 


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7  O  Lord,  unite  our  hearts  in  pray'r 
On  each  of  us  thy  Spirit  fend; 
That  we  the  fruits  of  grace  may  bear, 
And  find  acceptance  in  the  end. 


LUKE. 

XCVIII.     The  two  debtors.     Chap.  Tii.  47. 

OXCE  a  woman  filent  flood 
While  Jesus  fat  at  meat; 
From  her  eyes  fhe  pour'd  a  flood 

To  waih  his  facred  feet :     ' 
Shame  and  wonder,  joy  and  love, 
All  at  once  poflefs'd  her  mind  ? 
That  fhe  ere  fo  vile  could  prove, 
Yet  now  forgivenefs  find. 

u  How  came  this  vile  woman  here  ? 

Will  Jesus  notice  fuch  ; 
Sure,   if  he  a  prophet  were, 

He  would  difdain  her  touch  V3 
Simon  thus  with  fcornful  heart, 
Slighted  one  whom  Jesus  lov'd ; 
But  her  Saviour  took  her  parr, 

And  thus  his  pride  reprov'd. 

"  If  two  men  in  debt  were  bound, 

One  lefs,  the  other  more  ; 
Fifty,   or   five  hundred  pound, 

And  both  alike  were  poor  ; 
Should  the  lender  both  forgive, 
When  he   faw  them  both  diftrefs'd ; 
Which  of  them  would  you  believe 

Engag'd  to  love  him  beft  ? 


Surely 


Hv.  99.  L  U  K  £.  105 

4  "  Surely  he  who  inoft  did  owe," 

The  Pharifee  reply'd  ; 
Then  our  Lord,  "  by  judging  fo, 

Thou  doft  for  her  decide  : 
Simon,  if  like  her  you  know, 
How  much  you  forgivenefs  need  ; 
You  like  her  had  acled  too, 

And  welcomed  me  indeed. 

5  M  When  the  load  of  fin  is  felt, 

And  much  forgivenefs  known  ; 
Then  the  heart  of  courfe  will  melt, 

Though  hard  before  as  ftone  : 
Blame  not  then  her  love  and  tears, 
Greatly  (he  in  debt  has  been  ; 
But  I  have  remov'd  her  fears, 

And  pardon'd  all  her  fin." 

6  When  I  read  this  woman's  cafe, 

Her  love  and  humble  zeal ; 
I  confefs,   with  fhame  of  face, 

My  heart  is  made  of  Heel. 
Much  has  been  forgiv'n  to  me, 
Jesus  paid  my  heavy  fcore ; 
What  a  creature  mud  I  be, 

That  I  can  love  no  more! 

XCIX.   7he  good  Samaritan.    Chap.  x.   33 — 35*^ 
1   T  TOW  kind  the  good  Samaritan 

XjL  To  him  who  fell  among  the  thieves ! 

Thus  Jesus  pities  fallen  man, 

And  heals  the  wounds  the  foul  receives.  4 

2   Oh  !   I  remember  well  the  day, 
When  forely  wounded,   nearly  llain  ; 
Like  tint  poor  man  I  bleeding  lay, 
And  groan'd  for  help,  but  groan'd  in  vain. 

3  Men  faw  me  in  this  helplefs  cafe, 
And  paiVd  without  compallion  by; 

Each 


jo6  L  U  K  E.  Bk.  I. 

Each  neighbour  turn'd  away  his  face, 
Unmoved  by  my  mournful  cry. 

4  But  he  whole  name  had  been  my  fcorn, 
(As  Jews  Samaritans  defpife) 

Came,  when  he  faw  me  thus  forlorn, 
With  love  and  pity  in  his  eyes. 

5  Gently  he  rais'd  me  from  the  ground, 
Prefs'd  me  to  lean  upon  his  arm  ; 
And  into  ev'ry  gaping  wound 

He  pour'd  his  own  all-healing  balm. 

6  Unto  his  church  my  fteps  he  led, 
The  houfe  prepared  for  finners  loft; 
Gave  charge  I  mould  be  cloth'd  and  fed, 
And  took  upon  him  all  the  coft. 

7  Thus  fav'd  from  death,  from  want  fecur'd, 
I  wait  till  he  again  mall  come, 

(When  I  mall  be  completely  cur'd), 
And  take  me  to  his  heav'nly  home. 

8  There  through  eternal  boundlefs  days, 
When  nature's  wheel  no  longer  rolls; 
How  fnall  I  love,  adore,  and  praife, 
This  good  Samaritan  to  fouls! 

C.    MART  H  A  and  MART.    Chap.  x.  38— 42. 

1  1^  If  ARTHA  her  love  and  joy  exprefs'd, 
jLVX   By  care  to  entertain  her  gueft  ; 
While  Mary  fat  to  hear  her  Lord, 

And  could  not  bear  to  lofe  a  word. 

2  The  principle  in  both  the  fame, 
Produced  in  each  a  diff'rent  aim; 
The  one  to  feaft  the  Lord  was  led, 
The  other  waited  to  be  fed. 


j 


But  Mary  chofe  .the  better  part, 

Her  Saviour's  words  refrefh'd  her  heart ; 

While 


Hy.   ioi.  LUKE. 

While  bufy  Martha  angry  grew, 
And  loft  her  time  and  temper  too. 

4  With  warmth  fhe  to  her  fifter  fpoke, 
But  brought  upon  herfelf  rebuke  ; 

u  One  thing  is  needful,  and  but  one, 
Why  do  thy  thoughts  on  many  run?" 

5  How  oft  are  \v«  like  Martha  vex'd, 
Encumbered,  hurried,  and  perplexM  ? 
While  trifles  fo  engrofs  our  thought, 
The  one  thing  needful  is  forgot. 

6  Lord,  teach  us  this  one  tiling  to  choofe, 
Which  they  who  gain  can  never  lofe; 
Sufficient  in  itfelf  alone, 

And  needful,  were  the  world  our  own. 

7  Let  grov'ling  hearts  the  world  admire, 
Thy  love  is  all  that  I  require ! 
Gladly  I  may  the  reft  refign, 

If  the  one  needful  thing  be  mine  ! 

CI.    The  heart  taken.     Chap.  xi.   21,  22* 

1    riT^  HE  caftle  of  the  human  heart 
X        Strong  in  its  native  lin  ; 
Is  guarded  well  in  every  part, 
By  him  who  dwells  within. 

•2  For  Satan  there  in  arms  refides,    ' 
And  calls  the  place  his  own  : 
With  care  againit  aflaults  provides, 
And  rules  as  on  a  throne. 

ch  traitor  thought  on  him  as  chief, 
In  bl  '  ence  waits  ; 

ill,  and  unbelief, 

Ai'  .es. 

4  T.  1  for  a  feafon  reigi 

ps  his  goods  in  peace  ; 


107 


The 


io$  L  U  K  E.  Bk.  I. 

The  foul  is  pleas'd  to  wear  his  chains, 
Nor  wifhes  a  releafe. 

5  But  Jesus  ftronger  far  than  he, 

In  his  appointed  hour, 
Appears  to  fet  his  people  free 
From  the  ufurper's  pow'r. 

6  "  This  heart  I  bought  with  blood/'  he  fays, 

u  And  now  it  mail  be  mine  ;" 
His  voice  the  ftrong  one  arm'd  difmays. 
He  knows  he  muft  refign* 

7  In  fpite  of  unbelief  and  pride, 

And  felf,  and  Satan's  art  ; 

The  gates  of  brafs  fly  open  wide, 

And  Jesus  wins  the  heart. 

%  The  rebel  foul  that  once  withftood, 
The  Saviour's  kindeft  call ; 
Rejoices  now  by  grace  fubdu'd, 
To  ferve  him  with  her  all. 

CII.   The  worldling.    Chap.  xii.    \6 — 21. 

1  a  A  >T  Y  barns  are  full,  my  ftores  increafe, 

1VA     And  now  for  many  years. 
Soul,  eat  and  drink,  and  take  thine  eafe, 
Secure  from  wants  and  fears." 

2  Thus  while  a  worldling  boafted  once, 

As  many  now  prefume  ; 
He  heard  the  Lord  himfelf  pronounce, 
His  fudden  awful  doom. 

3  "  This  night,  vain  fool,   thy  foul  muft  pafs 

Into  a  world  unknown  ; 
And  who  fhall  then  the  ftores  pofTefs, 
Which  thou  haft  call'd  thine  own?" 


4  Thus  blinded  mortals  fondly  fcheme 
For  happinefs  below  5 


Till 


Hy.  103.  LUKE.  109 

Till  death  difturbs  the  pleafing  dream, 
And  they  awake  to  v/oe. 

5  Ah  i   who  can  fpeak  the  vaft  difmay 

That  fills  the  Tinner's  mind  ; 
When  torn,  by  death's  ftrong  hand  away, 
He  leaves  his  all  behind. 

6  Wretches,  who  cleave  to  earthly  things, 

But  are  not  rich  to  God  ; 
Their  dying  hour  is  full  of  flings, 
And  hell  their  dark  abode. 

7  Dear  Saviour  make  us  timely  wife, 

Thy  gofpel  to  attend  ; 
That  we  may  live  above  the  fkies, 
When  this  poor  life  ihall  end. 

CHI.   The  barren  Fig-tree.    Chap.  xiii.  6 o, 

1  np  HE  church  a  garden  is, 

JL       In  which  believers  ftand, 

Like  ornamental  trees 

Planted  by  Goo's  own  hand  : 
His  fpirit  waters  all  their  roots, 
And  ev'ry  branch  abounds  witli  fruits. 

2  But  other  trees  there  are, 
In  this  inclofure  grow  ; 

Which  though  they  promife  fair, 

Have  only  leaves  to  fhow  : 
No  fruits  of  grace  are  on  them  found,  * 

They  Hand  but  cumb'rers  of  the  ground. 

5   The  under  gard'ner  grieves, 

In  vain  his  (trength  he  fpends, 

For  heaps  of  ufelefs  leaves, 

Afford  him  fmall  amends  : 
He  hears  the  Lord  his  will  make  known, 
To  cut  the  barren  fig. trees  down. 


no  L  U  K  E.  Bk.  I. 

4  How  difficult  his  poft, 
What  pangs  his  bowels  move, 
To  find  his  wifhes  crofs'd, 
His  labours  ufelefs  prove  ! 

His  laft  relief,  his  earnell  pray'r, 

"  Lord,  fpare  them  yet  another  yeart 

5  Spare  them,  and  let  me  try 
What  farther  means  may  do  ; 
I'll  frefh  manure  apply, 

My  digging  I'll  renew; 
Who  knows  but  yet  they  fruit  may  yield  ! 
If  not — 'tis  juft  they  muft  be  fell'd." 

6  If  under  means  of  grace, 
No  gracious  fruits  appear  ; 
It  is  a  dreadful  cafe, 

Though  God  may  long  forbear : 
At  length  he'll  ftrike  the  threaten'd  blow  (i), 
And  lay  the  barren  fig-tree  low* 

CIV.     The  prodigal  Son.     Chap.   xv.    11—24. 

1     A  FFLICTIONS,  though  they  feem  fevere, 
JT\     In  mercy  oft  are  fent ; 
They  ftopp'd  the  prodigal's  career, 
And  forc'd  him  to  repent; 

1  Although,  he  no  relenting  felt, 
Till  he  had  fpent  his  ftore ; 
His  ftubborn  heart  began  to  melt, 
When  famine  pinch' d  him  fore. 

3  4<  What  have  I  gain'd  by  fin,   he  faid, 

But  hunger,   fhame^  and  fear; 
My  father's  houfe  abounds  with  bread, 
While  I  am  ftarving  here. 

4  u  I'll  go  and  tell  him  all  I've  done, 

And  fall  before  his  face  ; 

\i)  Cook  II,  Hytrin  26, 

4  Unworthy 


Hy.   105.  LUKE.  1  xx 

Unworthy  to  be  call'd  his  fon, 
Pll  feek  a  fervant's  place. " 

5  His  father  faw  him  coming  back, 

He  faw,  and  ran,   and  fmilM  ; 
And  threw  his  arms  around  the  neck 
Of  his  rebellious  child. 

6  "  Father,   I've  finn'd — but  O  forgive  !" 

u  I've  heard  enough,   he  faid, 

Rejoice  my  houfe,   my  fan's  alive, 

For  whom  I  mourn'd  as  dead. 

7  u  Xow  let  the  fatted  calf  be  flain, 

And  fpread  the  news  around  ; 

My  fon  was  dead,  but  lives  again, 

Was  loft,  but  now  is  found." 

8  'Tis  thus  the  Lord  his  love  reveals, 

To  call  poor  finners  home  ; 
More  than  a  father's  love  he  feels, 
And  welcomes  all  that  come. 

C V.    The    rich  Man  and  LAZARU S. 
Chap.  xvi.    10, — 25. 


1  A     Worldling  fpent  each  day 
IX  In  luxury  and  ftate  ; 
While  a  believer  lay, 

A  beggar  at  his  gate  : 
Think  not  the  Lord's  appointment  ftrange, 
Death  made  a  great  and  lafting  change. 

2  Death  brought  the  faint  releafe 
From  want,   difeafe,   and  fcorn  ; 
And  to  the  land  of  peace, 

His  foul,  by  angels  borne, 
In  Abraham's  bofom  fafely  plac'd, 
Enjoys  an  everlafting  feaft. 

5  The 


ii2  LUKE-  Bk.  I. 

3  The  rich  man  alfo  dy'd, 
And  in  a  moment  fell 
From  all  his  pomp  and  pride 
Into  the  flames  of  hell  : 

The  beggar's  blifs  from  far  beheld. 
His  foul  with  double  anguifh  fill'd. 

4  u  O  Abra'm  fend,  he  cries, 
(But  his  requeft  was  vain) 
The  beggar  from  the  fkies 
To  mitigate  my  pain  ! 

One  drop  of  water  1  entreat, 

To  foo:h  my  tongues  tormenting  heat." 

5  Let  all  who  worldly  pelf, 
And  worldly  fpirits  have, 
Obferve,  each  for  himfelf, 
The  anTwer  Abra'm  gave  ; 

"  Remember  thou  was  fill'd  with  good, 
While  the  poor  beggar  pin'd  for  food. 

6  "  Neglected  at  thy  door, 
With  tears  he  begg'd  his  bread ; 
But  now  he  weeps  no  more, 
His  griefs  and  pains  are  fled  ; 

His  joys  eternally  will  flow, 
While  thine  expire  in  endlefs  woe." 

7  Lord,  make  us  truly  wife, 
To  chufe  thy  people's  lot ; 
And  earthly  joys  defpife, 
Which  foon  will  be  forgot  : 

The  greatest  evil  we  can  fear, 
Is  to  poiTefs  our  portion  here  I 

CVI.  The  importunate  JVidoiv  (j). 
Chap,  xviii.    i — 7. 

UR  Lord,  who  knows  full  well 
The  heart  of  ev'ry  faint ; 

'1)  Book  II.  Hymn  60. 

Invites 


■o 


Hy.   106.  LUKE.  113 

Invites  us  by  a  parable, 
To  pray  and  never  faint* 

2       He  bows  his  gracious  e2r, 
We  never  plead  in  vain; 
Yet  we  muft  wait  till  he  appear, 
And  pray,  and  pray  again. 

3  Tho'  unbelief  fuggeft, 
Why  mould  we  longer  wait? 

He  bids  us  never  give  bin  reft, 
But  be  importunate. 

4  'Twas  thus  a  widow  poor, 
Without  fupport  or  friend, 

Befet  the  unjuft  judge's  door, 
And  gain'd,  at  laft,  her  end. 

5  For  h?r  he  little  car'd, 
As  little  for  the  laws  ; 

Nor  God,   nor  man   did  he  regard, 
Yet  he  efpous'd  her  caufe. 

6  She  urg'd  him  day  and  night, 
Would  no  denial  take; 

At  length  he  faid,   u  I'll  do  her  right, 
For  my  own  quiet  fake." 

7  And  (hall  not  Jesus  hear 
His  chofeo  when  they  cry? 

,   though  he  may  a  while  forbear, 
He'll  help  them  from  on  high. 

i        His  nature  truth  and  love, 
Engage  him  on  their  fide  ; 
When  they  are  griev'd,  hib  bowels  move, 
And  can  they  be   deny'd? 

)       Then  let  us  earned  be, 
And  never  faint  in  pray'r, 
He  loves  our  importunity, 

And  makes  our  caufe  his  care. 

K  %  CVII. 


U4  L  U  K  E.  Bk.  I. 

CVII.     ZjiCCHEUS.     Chap.  xix.  i— 6. 

i        nPACCHEUS  climb'd  the  tree, 

/^     And  thought  himfelf  unknown  : 
But  how  furpriz'd  was  he, 
When  Jesus  call'd  him  down! 

The  Lord  beheld  him,  tho'  conceal'd, 

And  by  a  word  his  pow'r  reveal'd. 

2  Wonder  and  joy  at  once 
Were  painted  in  his  face  ; 

"  Does  he  my  name  pronounce, 

And  does  he  know  my  cafe  ? 
Will  Jesus  deign  with  me  to  dine? 
Lord,  I,  with  all  I  have  am  thine. " 

3  Thus  where  the  gofpel's  preach^ 
And  finners  come  to  hear  ; 

The  hearts  of  fome  are  reach'd, 

Before  they  are  aware  : 
The  word  direclly  fpeaks  to  them, 
And  feems  to  point  them  out  by  name. 

4  'Tis  curiofity 

Oft  brings  them  in  the  way, 

Only  the  man  to  fee, 

And  hear  what  he  can  fay ; 
But  how  the  fmner  ftarts  to  find, 
The  preacher  knows  his  inmoft  mind- 

^        His  long  forgotten  thoughts, 

Are  brought  again  in  view,. 

And  all  his  fecret  thoughts, 

Reveal'd  in  public  too ; 
Tho'  compafsM  with  a  croud  about, 
The  fearching  word  has  found  him  out> 


While  thus  diflrefllng  pain 
And  forrow  fills  the  heart  • 


He 


Hy.   108.  LUKE.  ir; 

He  hears  a  voice  again, 

That  bids  his  fears  depart. 
Then  like  Zaccheus  he  is  bleft, 
And  Jesus  deigns  to  be  his  gueft. 


s1 


CVIIL     The  Believer's  Danger,  Safety  and  Duty. 
Chap.  xxii.   31,   32. 

IMON,  bewar*  !  (the  Saviour  faid), 
Satan,  your   fubtle   foe, 
Already  has  his  meafures  laid, 
Your  foul  to  overthrow. 

2  "  He  wants  to  fift  you  all  as  wheat, 

And  thinks  his  vict'ry  fure  ; 
But  I  his  malice  will  defeat, 
My  pray'r  (hall  faith  fecure." 

3  Believers,   tremble  and   rejoice, 

Your  help  and  danger  view  ; 

This  warning  has  to  you  a  voice, 

This  promife  fpeaks  to  you. 

4  Satan  beholds  with  jealous  eye, 

Your  privilege  and  joy  ; 
He's  always  watchful,  always  nigh, 
To  tear  and  to  deftroy. 

5  But  Jesus  lives  to  intercede, 

That  faith  may  ftill  prevail; 
He  will  fupport  in  time  of  need, 
And  Satan's  art  (hall  fail. 

6  Yet  let  us  not  the  warning  flight, 

But  watchful  ftill  be  found  ; 
Tho'  faith  cannot  be  flain  in  fight, 
It  may  receive  a  wound. 

7  While  Satan  watches,  dare  we  flccp; 

We  mud  our  guard  maintain  • 
But,  Lord,  do  thou  the  city  keep, 
Or  elfe  we  watch  in  vain  (1). 
(1)  Pfalmi  xxYii.  1. 

CIX. 


n6  L  U  K  E.  Bk.  L 

C  IX.      Father  forgive  them.     Chap,  xxiii.   34. 

1  "  T^ATHER,  forgive  (the  Saviour  faid), 

A        They  know  not  what  they  do  1" 
His  heart  was  mov'd,  when  thus  he  pray'd 
For  me,  my  friends  and  you. 

2  He  faw  that  as  the  Jews  abus'd 

And  crucify 'd  his  flefh; 
So  he,  by  us,  would  be  refus'd, 
And  crucify'd  afrefh. 

3  Thro'  love  of  fia,  we  long  were  prone 

To  act  as  Satan  bid ; 
But  now  with  grief  and  fhame  we  own, 
We  knew  not  what  we  did. 

4  We  knew  not  the  deftrt  of  fin,     • 

Nor  whom  we  thus  defy'd  : 
For  where  our  guilty  fouls  had  been. 
If  Jesus  had   not  dy'd. 

5  We  knew  not  what  a  law  we  broke, 

How  holy,  juft,  and  pure  ! 
Nor  what  a  God  we  durft  provoke, 
But  thought  ourfelves  fecure. 

6  But  Jesus  all  our  guilt  forefaw, 

And  fhed  his  precious  blood 
To  fatisfy  the  holy  law, 

And  make  our  peace  with  God. 

7  My  fin,  dear  Saviour,  made  thee  bleed, 

Yet  didft  thou  pray  for  me  ! 
I  knew  not  what  I  did,  indeed, 
When  ignorant  of  thee. 

CX.     The  tivo  malefaftors*     Chap,  xxiii.  39 — 43. 

1  Q<OVEREIGN  grace  has  power  alone 
>J  To  fubdue  a  heart  of  ftone  ; 

And 


Hy.   in.  JOHN.  1I7 

And  the  moment  grace  is  felt, 
Then  the  hardeft  heart  will  melt. 

2  When  the  Lord  was  crucify'd, 
Two  tranfgrefTors  with  him  dy;d ; 
One  with  vile  blafpheming  tongue, 
ScofPd  at  Jesus  as  he  hung. 

3  Thus  he  fpent  his  wicked  breath, 
In  the  very  jaws  of  death  ; 
Perifh'd  as  too  many  do, 

With  the  Saviour  in  his  view. 

4  But  the  other,  touch'd  with  grace, 
Saw  the  danger  of  his  cafe  ; 

Faith  receiv'd  to  own  the  Lord, 
Whom  the  fcribes  and  priefts  abhor'd. 

5  "  Lord,   (he  pray'd)  remember  me, 
When  in  glory  thou  ihalt  be  ; 

"  Soon  with  me,  (the  Lord  replies) 
Thou  malt  reft  in  paradife." 

6  This  was  wond'rous  grace  indeed, 
Grace  vouchfaf  9d  in  time  of  need? 
Sinners  truft  in  Jfsus'  name, 
You  (hall  find  him  ftill  the  fame. 

7  But  beware  of  unbelief, 
Think  upon  the  hard'ned  thief; 
If  the  gofpel  you  difdain, 
Christ,  to  you,  will  die  in  vain. 


JOHN. 

CXI.    The  Woman  of  Samaria*    Chap.   iv.   28. 

I     T  ESUS,  to  what  dicift  thou  fubmit 

J    To  fave  thy  dear-bought  flock  from  hell  ! 

Like 


ix8  J  O  H  N.  Bk.  I. 

Like  a  poor  trav'ler,  fee  him  fit, 
Athirft  and  weary,   by  the  well. 
0.  The  woman,  who  for  water  came, 
(What  great  events  on  fmall  depend) 
Then  learnM  the  glory  of  his  name, 
The  well  of  life,   the  finner's  friend  ! 

3  Taught  from  her  birth  to  hate  the  Jews, 
And  fill'd  with  party-pride  ;   at  firft 
Her  zeal  induc'd  her  to  refufe 
Water,  to  quench  the  Saviour's  thirft. 

4  But  foon  h\e  knew  the  gift  of  God, 
And  Jesus,   whom  (he  fcorn'd  before, 
Unafk'd,   t.iat  drink  on  her  beftow'd, 
Which  whofo  taftes  fhall  thirft  no  more. 

5  His  words  her  prejudice  remov'd, 
Her  fin  fhe  felt,  relief  fhe  found  ; 

She  faw  and  heard,  believ'd  and  lov'd, 
And  ran  to  tell  her  neighbours  round. 

6  O  come,  this  wond'rous  man  behold  ! 
The  promis'd  Saviour  !    this  is  he, 
Whom  ancient  prophecies  foretold, 
Born,  from  our  guilt  to  fet  us  free. 

7  Like  her,  in  ignorance  content, 

I  worfhipp'd  long  I  knew  not  what; 

Like  her,  on  other  things  intent, 

I  found  him,  when  I  fought  him  not. 

i   He  told  me  all  that  e'er  I  did, 
And  told  me  all  was  pardon'd  too; 
And  now,   like  her,   as  he  has  bid, 
I  live  to  point  him  out  to  you. 

CXII.    The  Pool  of  Bcthefda{i).    Chap.  v.  2—4. 

1   "OESIDE  the  gofpel  pool 
13  Appointed  for  the  poor  ; 

(1)  Book  III.  Hymn  7. 

From 


Hv.  113.  J  O  H  N.  1I9 

Fro:n  year,   to  year,  my  helplefs  foul 
Has  waited  for  a  cure, 

2  How  often  have  I  feen 

The  healing  waters  move  ; 
And  others  round  me,  ftepping  in 
Their  efficacy  prove. 

3  But  my  complaints  remain, 

I  feel  the  very  fame  • 
As  full  of  guilt,  and  fear,  and  pain/ 
As  when  at  firft  I  came. 

4  O  would  the  Lord  appear, 

My  malady  to  heal ; 
He  knows  how  long  I've  languiih'd  here, 
And  what  diftrefs  I  feel. 

c  How  often  have  I  thought 
Why  mould  I  longer  lie? 
Surely  the  mercy  I  have  fought 
Is  not  for  fuch  as  h 

6  But  whether  can  I  go  ? 

There  is  .  o  other  pool 
Where  dreams  of  lbv'reign  virtue  flow 
To  make  a  fin  ler  whole. 

7  Here  then,  from  day  to  day, 

I'll  wait  and  hope,  and  try, 
Can  Jesus  hear  a  fmner  pray, 
Yet  fuller  him  to  die? 

8  No  :   he  is  full  of  gr« 

He  never  will  per: 
A  foul,   that  fain  would  fee  his  face, 
To  perilh  at  his  feet. 

CXIII.     Amthi 

ERE  at  Bethefda'a  poo1,  the  poor, 
The  withcr'd,  halt  and  blind; 

With 


H 


I2o  JOH  N.  Bk.  L 

With  waiting  hearts  expeft  a  cure, 
And  free  admittance  find. 

2  Here  itreams  of  wond'rous  virtue  flow 

To  heal  a  fin-fick  foul ; 
To  vvafh  the  filthy  white  as  (how, 
And  make  the  wounded  whole. 

3  The  dumb  break  forth  in  fongs  of  praife, 

The  blind  their  fight  receive  : 
The  cripple  runs  in  wifdom's  ways, 
The  dead  revive  and  live  ! 

4  Reflrain'd  to  no  one  cafe,  or  time, 

Thefe  waters  always  move  ; 
Sinners  in  every  age  and  clime, 
Their  vital  influence  prove. 

5  Yet  numbers  daily  near  them  lie. 

Who  meet  with  no  relief; 
With  life  in  view  they  pine  and  die 
In  hopelefs  unbelief. 

6  'Tisftrange  they  fhould  refufe  to  bathe 

And  yet  frequent  the  pool ; 
But  none  can  even  wifh  for  faith, 
While  love  of  fin  bears  rule. 

7  Satan  their  confciences  has  feal'd, 

And  ftupify'd  their  thought  ; 
For  were  they  willing  to  be  heaPd, 
The  cure  would  loon  be  wrought. 

2  Do  thou,   dear  Saviour,  interpofe, 
Their  ftubboro  wills  conftrain  ; 
Or  elfe  to  them  the  water  flows, 
And  grace  ispreacl     i  in  vain, 

CXIV.  7  be  clifclpks  .     Sea  (i).  Chap.  vi.  16—21. 

1   f^i  ONSTRAIN  D  by  their  Lord  to  embark, 
\_j    And  vc-        t%   without  him,   to  lea  ; 

(I)  Bock  II.   Hymn  87. 

The 


Hy.  114.  J     O     II     N.  1.21 

The  feafon  tempeftuous  and  dark, 
How  griev'd  the  difciples  muft  be  1 
But  tho'  he  remain'd  on  the  fhore, 
He  fpent  the  night  for  them  in  pray'r ; 
They  {till  were  as  fafe  as  before, 
And  equally  under  his  care. 

2  They  ftrove,   tho'  in  vain,  for  a  while, 
The  force  of  the  waves  to  withstand; 
But  when  they  were  wea.ry'd  with  toil, 
They  faw  their  clear  Saviour  at  hand  : 
They  gladly  reeeiv'd  Him  on  board, 
His  pre  fence  ther  fpirits  reviv'd, 

The  fea  became  calm  at  his  word, 
And  foon  at  their  port  they  arrived. 

3  We,  like  the  difciples,  are  tofs'd 
By  ilorms  on  the  perilous  deep; 
But  cannot  be  poffibly  loft, 

For  Jesus  has  charge  of  the  fhip  ; 
Tho'  billows  and   winds  are  enrag'd, 
And  threaten  to  make  us  their  fport; 
This  pilot  his  word  has  engaged 
To  bring  us  in  fafety  to  port. 

4  If  fometimes  we  ftruggle  alone, 
And  he  is  withdrawn  from  our  view 
It  makes  us   more  willing  to  own 

nothing;    without  him  can  do  : 
Then  Satan  our  hopes  would   aflail, 
But  JfsUs  is    Hill  within  call  ; 
And  when  our  poor  efforts  quite  fail, 
He  comes  in  good  time  and  does  all. 

5  Yet  Lord,  we  are  ready  to  fhrink 
Unlets  we  thy  prefence  perceive; 
O  fave   us  (we  cry)  or  we  fink, 
"We  would,  but  we  cannot  believe; 

L  The 


**?  J     O     H     N.  bK.  I. 

The  night  has  been  long  and  fevere, 
The  winds  and  the  Teas  are  ftill  high; 
Dear  Saviour  this  moment  appear, 
And  fay  to  our  fouls,   "  It  is  I  ( i )  !» 

CXV.     Will  ye  alfo  go  away?     Chap.  vi.  67—69. 

1  \T7HEN  any  turn  from  Zion's   way, 

VV       (Alas!   what  numbers  do  \) 
Methinks  I  hear  my  Saviour  fay, 
"  Wilt  thou  forfake  me  too !" 

2  Ah  Lord  !   with  fucb  a  heart  as  mine, 

Unlels  thou  hold  me  faft  ; 
I  feel  I  muft,   I  fhall  decline, 
And  prove  like  them  at  laft. 

2  Yet  thou  alone  haft  pow'r  I  know, 
To  fave  a  wretch  like  me  ; 
To  whom,  or  whether,  could  I  go, 
If  I  mould  turn  from  thee  ; 

4  Beyond  a  doubt  I  reft  affbr'd 

Thou  art  the  Christ  of  God; 
Who  haft  eternal  life  fecur'd 
By  promife  and  by  blood. 

t  The  help  of  men  and  angels  join'd, 
Could  never  reach  my  cafe  ; 
Nor  can  I  hope  relief  to  find, 
But  in  thy  bouncllefs  grace. 

6  No  voice  but  thine  can  give  me  reft, 

And  bid  my  fears  depart  ; 
No  love  but  thine  can  make  me  bleft, 
And  fatisfy  my  heart. 

7  What  anguifh  has  that  queftion  ftirr'd, 

If  I  will  alfo  go? 
Yet,  Lord,  relying  on  thy  word, 
I  humbly  anfwer,  no ! 

(OBtokUI.     Hymn  18, 

5  CXVI 


Hy.   116.  JOHN  123 

CXVI.     The  Refurredkn  and  the  Life. 
Chap.  xi.  25. 

1  u  T  Am  (faith  Christ)  your  glorions  head, 

X     (May  we  attention  give) 
The  refurrection  of  the  dead, 
The  life  of  all  that  live. 

2  u  By  faith  in  me  the  foul  receives 

New  life,  tho'  dead  before  ; 
And  he  that  in  my  name  believes, 
Shall  live  and  die  no  more. 

o   "  The  tinner,  deeping  in  his  grave, 
Shall  at  my  voice   awake  ; 
And  when  I  once  begin  to  fave, 
My  work  I  ne'er  forfake." 

4  Fulfil  thy  promife,  gracious  Lord, 

On  us  aflembled  here  ; 
Put  forth  thy  Spirit  with  the  word, 
And  caufe  the  dead  to  hear. 

5  Preferve  the  pow'r  of  faith  alive, 

In  thofe  who  love  thy  name  ; 
For  fin  and  Satan  daily  ftrive 
To  quench  the  facred  flame. 

6  Thy  pow'r  and  mercy  firft  prevail'd, 

From  death  to  fet  us  free  ; 
And  often  fince  our  life  had  fail'd, 
If  not  renew'd  by  thec. 

7  To  thee  we  look,  to  thee  we  bow, 

To  thee  for  help  we  call ; 
Our  life  and  refurrection  thou, 
Our  hope,   our  joy,  our  all. 

CXVII.      Weeping  MART.     Chap.  xx.  11  — 16. 

1    A/T^RY  to  her  Saviour's  tomb 
1VJL  Haded  at  the  early  dawn  ; 


*24  J     O     H     N.  Bk.  I. 

Spice  fhe  brought,  and  fweet  perfume ; 
But  the  Lord  fhe  lov'd  was  gone. 
For  a  while  fhe  weeping  flood, 
Struck  with  forrow  and  furprife ; 
Shedding  tears,  a  plenteous  flood, 
For  her  heart  fupply'd  her  eyes. 

1  Jesus,  who  is  always  near, 
Tho  too  often  unperceiv'd, 
Came,  his  drooping  child  to  chear, 
Kindly  afking  why  fhe  griev'd  ? 
Tho'  at  firft  fhe  knew  him  not, 
When  he  call'd  her  by  her  name, 
Then  her  griefs  were  all  forgot, 
For  fhe  found  he  was  the  fame. 

3  Grief  and  Gghing  quickly  fled 
When  flie  heard  his  welcome  voice; 
Juft  before  fhe  thought  him  dead, 
Now  he  bids  her  heart  rejoice-; 

l  a  change  his  word  can  make, 
Turning  darknefs  into  day  ! 
You  who  weep  for  Jesu's  fake, 
lie  will  wipe  your  tears  away. 

4  He  who  came  to  comfort  her, 
When  Cie  thought  her  all  was  loir, 
Will  for  your  relief  appear, 
Tho*  you  now  are  tempeft-tofPd  : 
On  his  word  your  burden  caft, 

On  his  love  your  thoughts  employ  ; 
Weeping  for  a  while-may  laft, 
But  the  mornirtg  brings  the  joy. 

CXVIII.     (c)   Iwfft  ttcu  mc>      Chap  xxi.    it. 

i   TTARK,  my  foul !  it  is  the  Lord  ; 

_1  JL  'Tis  thy  Saviour,  hear  his  word  ; 
Jesus  fpeaks,  and  fpeaks  to  thi 

"  Say,  poor  finner,  Loy'fi  thoumc? 

2  "Ideluer'd 


Hy.  119.  J     O     H     N.  X2 

2  "  I  deliver'd  thee  when  bound, 

And,  when  wounded,  heal'd  thy  wounds; 
Sought  thee  wand'ring,   fet  thee  right, 
TurnM  thy  darknefs  into  light. " 

3  u  Can  a  woman's  tender  care 
Ceafe  toward  the  child  (he  bare? 
Yes,  me  may  forgetful  be, 
Yet  will  I  remember  thee, 

4  €€  Mine  is  an  unchanging  love, 
Higher  than  the  heights  above  ; 
Deeper  than  the  depths  beneath, 
Free  and  faithful,   ftrong  as  death. 

5  u  Thou  (halt  fee  my  glory  foon, 
When  the  work  of  grace  is  done  ; 
Partner  of  my  throne  ihall  be, 
Say,  poor  finner,  lov'ft  thou  me V* 

6  Lord  it  is  my  chief  complaint, 
That  my  love  is  weak  and  faint  . 
Yet  I  love  thee  and  adore, 

Oh  for  grace  to  love  thee  more! 

CXIX     Anrtbcr. 

1    ,rT^IS  a  point  I  long  to  know, 

A      Of:  it  caules  anxious  thought; 
Do  I  love  the  Lord,  or  no? 
Am  I   his,   or  am  I  not? 

2  If  I  love,  why  am  I  thus? 

Why  this  dull  and  lifelefs  frame? 
Hardly,  fure,  can  they  be    worfe, 
Who  have  never  heard   his  name! 

3  Could  my  heart  fo  hard  remain, 
Pray'r  a  tafk  and  burden  prove; 
Ev'ry  triile   give  me  pain, 

If  I  knew  a  Saviours  love  ? 

^  2  4W 


A     C     T     Si  Bk.  L 


4  When  I  turn  my  eyes  within, 
All  is  dark,   and  vain,   and  wild  ; 
Fill'd  with  unbelief  and   fin, 
Can  I  deem  myfelf  a  child? 

5  If  I  pray,  or  hear,  or  read,     • 
Sin  is  mix'd  with  all  I  do  ; 

You  that  love  the  Lord  indeed, 
Tell  me,  Is  it  thus  with  you? 

6  Yet  I  mourn  myftubborn  will, 
Find  my  fin  a  grief  and  thrall ; 
Should  I  grieve  for  what  I  feel, 
If  I  did  not  love  at  all ! 

7  Could  I  joy  his  faints  to  meet, 
Chufe  the  ways  I  once  abhor'd, 
Find,    at  times,   the   promife  fweet^ 
If  I  did   not  love  the  Lord 

8  Lord  decide  the  doubtful  cafe  [ 
Thou  art  thy  people's  fun; 
Shine  uJDon  thy  work  of  grace, 
If  it  be  indeed  begun. 

o  Let  me  love  thee  more  and  more^ 
If  I  love  at  all,  I  pray  ; 
If  I  have  not  lov'd  before, 
Help  me  to  begin  to-day^ 


ACTS. 

CXX.     The  death  of  STEP  HEN- 
Chap.  vii.   54 — 6c. 


]AS. 


S  fome  tall  rock  amidlt  the  waves, 
The  fury  of  the  tempeft  braves. 

While 


Hv.   121.  ACTS.  227 

While  the  fierce  billows  tolling  high, 
Break  at  its  foot ;  and  murm'ring,  die. 

2  Thus  they  who  in  the  Lord  confide, 
Tho  foes  affault  on  ev'y  fide, 
Cannot  be  mov'd  or  overthrown, 
For  Jesus  makes  their  cauie  his  own. 

3  So  faithful  Stephen  undifmay'd, 
The  malice  of  the  Jews  furvey'd  ; 
The  holy  joy  which  filPd  his  breaft, 
A  luftre  on  his  face  impreft. 

4  "  Behold  !  (he  faid)  the  world  of  light 
Is  opeii'd  to  my  ftrengrhen'd  fight; 
My  glorious  God  appears  in  view, 
Tkat  Jesus,  whom  ye  lately  flew. 

jj  With  fuch  a  friend  and  witnefs  near, 
No  form  of  death  could  make  him  fear; 
Calm,  amidft  mowers  of  ftoncs,  he  kneels, 
And  only  for  his  murdr'rers  feels. 

6  May  we,  by  faith,  perceive  thee  thus, 
Dear  Saviour,  ever  near  to  us! 
This  fight  our  peace,  thro'  life,  /hall  keep, 
And  death  be  fear'd  no  more  than  fleep. 

CXXI.     The   Rebel's  fur  render  to   Grace.     Lord 
what  wilt   thou  have  me  to  do  P     Chap.  ix.  6. 

1  1       ORD,  thou  haft  won,   at  length  I  yield, 
l^d   My  heart  by  mighty  grace  compelled, 
Surrenders  all  to  thee; 

A^ainft  thy  terrors  long  I  ftrove, 
But  who  can  ftand  againft  thy  love  ? 
Love  conquers  even  me. 

2  All  that  a  wretch  could  do,   I  try'd, 
Thy  patience  fcorn'd,  thy  pow<r  defy'd, 

A.id  trampled  on  tby  laws; 

S car cefy 


128  ACT     S.  Bk.  I. 

Scarcely  thy  martyrs  at  the  flake, 
Could  Hand  more  itedfaft  for  thy  fake, 
Than  I  in  Satan's  caufe. 

g  But  fr.ice  thou  haft  thy  love  reveal'd, 
And  (hewn  my  foul  a  pardon  feal'd, 

I  can  refift  no  more  : 
Couldft  thou  for  fuch  a  finner  bleed  ? 
Canfl  thou  for  fuch  a  rebel  plead  ? 

I  wonder  and  adore  ! 

4  If  thou  hadft  bid  thy  thunders  roll, 
And  light'nings  flam,   to  blaft  my  foul, 

I  ftill  had  flubborn  been  : 
But  mercy  has  my  heart  fubdu'd, 
A  bleeding  Saviour  I  have  view'd, 
And  now  I  hate  my  fin. 

$  Notf,  Lord,   I  would  be  thine  alone, 
Come  take  pofleflion  of  thine  own, 

For  thou  haft  fet  me  free  ; 
Releas'd  from  Satan's  hard  command, 
See  all  my  powers  waiting  ftand, 
To  be  employed  by  thee. 

6  My  wiU  conformed  to  thine  would  move, 
On  thee  my  hope,  defire,  and  love, 

In  iix'd  attention  join  ; 
My  hands,  my  eyes,  my  ears,  my  tongue, 
Have  Satan's  (Servants  been  too  long, 

But  now  they  mail  be  thine. 

7  And  can  I  be  the  very  fame, 

Who  lately  tmrft  blafpheme  thy  name, 

And  on  thy  gofpel  tread  ? 
Surely  each  one  who  hears  my  cafe, 
yf\\\  praife  thee,  and  confefs  thy  grace 

Invincible  indeed ! 

CXXII, 


Hy.   122.  ACTS.  125 

CXXII.    PETER   releafedfr:m  Pr[ 
Chap.  xii.    5 — 8. 

1  TJ  ERVENT  perfevering  pray'rs 

X        At  s  afiur'd  reiource ; 

Brazen  gates,   and  iron  bars 

ain  withirand  their  force  ; 
Peter  when  in  priibn  cafr, 
Though  by  foldiers  kept  with  care  ; 
Though:  1  ted  fair, 

as  foon  released  by  pray'r. 

bile  he  flept  an  angel  came 

And  fpread  a  light  around; 
Touch'd  and  called  him  by  his  name, 
And  rais'd  him  from  the  ground  : 
_::ers  burl 
ry  door  wide  open  fie 
tcr  thought  he  dream'd  at  firft, 
lie  viiion  El 

3   Thus  the  Lord  can  make  a  way 
To  bring  his  faints  relief; 
>Tis  their  part  to  wait  and  pray, 

In  fpite  of  unbelief; 
can  break  through  walls  of  ftonc, 
k  the  mountain  to  a  plain  : 
They  :ne  is  known, 

Can  qc  io  vain. 

rains  of  guilt  and  fin, 
Poor  finners  fleeping  lit  ; 

Although  condemned  to  d 
n above 
rift  eyes) 

<  did 


130  ACT  S.  Bk.  I. 

5  Glad  the  fummons  they  obey, 
And  liberty  defire  ; 
Straight  their  fetters  melt  away 
Like  wax  before  the  fire  : 
By  the  word  of  him  who  dy'd, 
Guilty  pris'ners  to  releafe  ; 
Ev'ry  door  flies  open  wide, 

And  they  depart  in  peace. 

CXXIII.  The  trembling  Gaoler.  Chap.  xvi.  29.  3c. 

1  A  BELIEVER,  free  from  care, 

IX  May  in  chains,  or  dungeons,  fing, 

(If  the  Lord  be  with  him  there) 

And  be  happier  than  a  king ; 

Paul  and  Silas  thus  confin'd, 

Though  their  backs  were  torn  by  whips, 

Yet  poffefling  peace  of  mind, 

Sung  his  praife  wirh  joyful  lips. 

2  Suddenly  the  prifon  fhook, 
Open  flew  the  iron  doors , 
And  the  gaoler,   terror-ftruck, 
Now  his  captive's  help  implores  ; 
Trembling  at  their  feet  he  fell, 
u  Tell  me,   Sirs,  what  muft  I  do 
To  be  fav'd  from  guilt  and  hell  ? 
None  can  tell  me  this  but  you." 

3  "  Look  to  Jesus,   (they  reply'd,) 
If  on  him  thou  canft  believe  ;> 
By  the  death  which  he  has  dy'd, 
Thou  falvation  malt  receive  :" 
AVhile  the  living  word  he  heard, 
Faith  Iprung  up  within  his  heart, 
And  releas'd  /rom  all  he  ^ear'd, 
In  their  joy  his  foul  had  part. 


Sinners,  Christ  is  ftill  the  fame, 
O  that  you  could  likewife  fear  ! 


Then 


124  ACTS.  i^i 

Then  the  mention  of  his  name 

Would  be  mufic  to  your  ear  : 

Jesus  refcues  Satan's  (laves, 

His  dear  wounds  ftill  plead,  "  Forgive  V\ 

Jesus  to  the  utmoft  faves  ; 

Sinners,  look  to  hira  and  live. 

CXXIV.  The  Exorcijls.    Chap.  xix.    13—164 

1  TT7  HEN  the  apoftle  wonders  wrought 

V  V       And  heal'd  the  fick  in  Jesu's  name, 
The  Ions  of  Sceva  vainly  thought, 
That  they  had  pow  r  to  do  the  fame. 

2  On  one  poflefs'd  they  try'd  their  art, 
And  naming  Jesus  preach'd  by  Paul, 
They  charg'd  the  fpirit  to  depart, 
Expecting  he'd  obey  their  call. 

3  The  fpirit  anfwer'd  with  a  mock, 

u  Jesus  I  know,  and  Paul  I  know ; 
I  muft  have  gone  if  Paul  had  fpoke, 
But  who  are  ye  that  bid  me  go  in 

4  With  fury  then  the  man  he  filTd, 
Who  on  the  poor  pretenders  flew  ; 
Naked  and  wounded,  almoit  kill'd, 
They  fled  in  all  the  people's  view. 

5  Jesus!   that  name  pronounc'd  by  faith, 
Is  full  of  wonder-working  pow'r ; 

It  conquers  Satan,  fin  and  death, 
And  cheers  in  trouble's  darkeft  hcur. 

6  But  they  who  are  not  born  again, 
Know  nothing  of  it  but  the  found  ; 
'1  hey  do  but  take  his  name  m  v 

hen  mod  their  zeal  and  pains  :  bound. 

7  Satan  their  vain  attempts  derides, 

bether  they  talk,  or  pray,  or  preach  ; 

I 


132  ACT  S.  Bk.  I. 

Long  as  the  love  of  fin  abides, 

His  pow'r  is  fafe  beyond  their  reach. 

8  But  you,  believers,  may  rejoice, 

Satan  well  knows  your  mighty  friend   ; 
He  trembles  at  your  Saviour's  voice, 
And  owns  he  cannot  gain  his  end. 

CXXV.  P  AUVs  Voycge.    Chap,  xxvii. 

1  TF  Paul  in  Cxfar's  court  muft  ftand, 
X     He  need  not  fear  the  fea  ; 
Secur'd  from  harm  on  ev^ry  hand 

By  the  divine  decree. 

2  Alrhough  the  f-iip  in  which  he  fail'd, 

By  dreadful  ftorms  was  tcfs'd  ; 
The  proriiife  over  all  prevailed, 
And  not  a  life  was  loft. 

3  Jesus!  the  God  whom  Paul  ador'd, 

Who  faves  in  time  of  need  ; 
Was  then  confefs'd,  by  all  on  board, 
A  prefent  help  indeed  ! 

4  Though  neither  fun  nor  ftars  were  feen, 

Paul  knew  the  Lord  was  near  ; 
And  faith  preferv'd  his  foul  ferene, 
When  others  fhook  for  fear. 

5  Believers  thus  are  tofs'd  about, 

On  life's  tempeftuous  main  ; 
But  grace  aflures,   beyond  a  doubt, 
They  ihali  their  port  attain. 

6  They  muft,  they  ihali  appear  one  day, 

Before  their  Saviour's  throne  ; 
The  ftorms  they  meet  with  by  the  way, 
But  make  his  power  known. 

7  Their  paffnge  lies  acrofs  the  brink 

Of  many  a  threat'nipg  wave: 

The 


Hy.   126.  ROMANS.  133 

The  world  expects  to  fee  them  fink, 
But  Jesus  lives  to  fave. 

3  Lord,  tho'  we  are  but  feeble  worms, 
Yet  fince  thy  word  is  paft, 
We'll  venture  thro'  a  thoufand  ftorms, 
To  fee  thy  face  at  laft. 


ROMANS. 

CXXVI.     The  Good  that  I  -would  I  do  not. 
Chap.   vii.    19. 

I  Would,  but  cannot  fing, 
Guilt  has  untun'd  my  voice; 
The  ferpent,  fin's  envenom'd  fting, 
Has  poifon'd  all  my  joys. 

I  know  the  Lord  is  nigh, 
And  would  but  cannot  pray, 
For  Satan  meets  me  when  I  try, 
And  frights  my  foul  away. 

I  would,  but  can't  repent, 
Tho'  I  endeavour  oft ; 
This  ftony  heart  can  ne'er  relent 
Till  Jesus  make  it  foft. 

I  would,  but  cannot  love, 
Tho'  woo'd  by  love  divine  ; 
No  arguments  have  pow'r  to  move 
A  foul  fo  bafe  as  mine. 

I  would,  but  cannot  reft 
In  God's  moft  holy  will; 
I  know  what  he  appoints  is  beft, 
Yet  murmur  at  it  ftill. 

O  could  I  but  believe  ! 
Then  all  would  eafy  be  ; 

M  I  would 


i34  R  O  M  A  X  S.  Bk.  I. 

I  would  but  cannot, — Lord,  relieve  ! 
My  help  muft  come  from  tbee. 

But  if  indeed  I  ivou'd, 
Tho'  I  can  nothing  do  ; 
Yet  the  dcfire  is  fomething  good, 
For  which  my  praile  is  due. 

8  Ey  nature  pro;ce  to  ill, 
Till  thine  appointed  hour, 

I  was  as  deftitute  of  will, 
As  cow  I  am  of  pow'r. 

9  Wilt  thou  not  crown  at  length, 
The  work  thou  haft  begun  ! 

And  with  a  will  afford  me  ftrength, 
In  all  thy  ways  to  run, 

CXXVII.     Salvation  drawing  nearer.    Chap.  xiii. 
i  "I^ARKNESS  overfpreads  us  here, 

\_J  But  the  night  wears  faft  away  ; 

Jacob's  ftar  will  loon  appear, 

Leading  on  eternal  day  ! 

Now  'tis  time  to  roufe  from  deep, 

Trim  our  lamps  and  ftand  prepared ; 

For  our  Lord  ftricT:  watch  to  keep, 

Left  he  find  us  off  our  guard. 

2  Let  his  people  courage  take, 
Bear  with  a  fubmiflive  mind 
All  they  fuffer  for  his  fake, 
Rich  amends  they  foon  will  find; 
He  will  wipe  away  their  tears, 
Near  himfelf  appoint  their  lot  ; 
All  their  forrows,  pains  and  fears, 
Ouickly  then  will  be  forgot. 

3  Tho'  already  fav'd  by  grace, 
From  the  hour  we  firft  believ'd  ; 
Yet  while  fin  and  war  have  place, 
We  have  but  a  part  received  ; 

5  Still 


Hv.   i23.     I.  CORIN'T  H  I  .  135 

Still  we  for  falvation 
.our  it  nearer 
ith  will  break  the  prifon  g: 
And  admit  us  to  cur  horr. 

4  Sinners !  what  can  you  expe  B 
You  who  now  the  Saviour  da: 
Break  hi  :? 

mud  ftand  before  his  bar  ! 

e ,  left  he  fay,  dep. 
:ae  horrors  of  that  found ! 

art, 
.ile  thou  ma*. 


I.      C   O  R  I  X  T  H  I  A  X  S. 

CXXVIII.     r        !  .   Christ.  .   4. 

1    X  I  rael's   tribes    were  parch'd    v 

thirft, 
Forth  from  the  rock  the  waters  burft ; 
And  all  their  future  journey  thro' 
^ofpel  too! 

;w, 

Of  his  feve 

r'd  him, 
fide  all  bleffings  ftrei 

3  B'^t  ah  !  the 

to  paint  : 
Slight  was  tl  .d, 

Butheendu:'  ;OD. 

4  The:;  Id  feel  no  pr. 
But  our'                 funded,   tcr:. 
The  rock  gave  but  2  wat'ry  flood, 
But  Jesus  pour'd  forth  ftreams  of  bk 

>    T  is  like  their  wildernefs, 

of  drought  ar.d  fore  diftrefs  ; 


136        II.     CORINTHIANS.        Bk.  I. 

Without  one  ftream  from  pole  to  pole. 
To  fatisfy  a  thirfty  foul. 

6  But  let  the  Saviour's  praife  refountf ; 
In  him  refreshing  ftreams  are  found, 
Which  pardon,  ftrength,  and  comfort  give, 
And  thirfty  finners  drink  and  live, 


II.     CORINTHIANS. 

CXXIX.     My  grace  is  fufficient  for  thee. 
Chap.  xii.  9. 
^PPRESS'D  with  unbelief  and  fin, 
Fightings  without,   and  fears  within  ; 
While  earth  and  hell,  with  force  combin'd, 
Afiault  and  terrify  my  mind. 

z  What  flrength  have  I  againft  fuch  foes, 
Such  hoils  and  legions  to  oppofe  ? 
Alas  !    I  tremble,  faint,  and  fall ; 
Lord,  fave  me,  or  I  give  up  all. 

3   Thus  forely  preft  I  fought  the  Lord, 
To  give  me  feme  fweet  cheering  word  ; 
Again  I  fought,   and  yet  again  ; 
J  waited  long,  but  not  in  vain. 

a   Oil!  ?twas  a  cheering  word  indeed! 
Exactly  fuitcd  to  my  need  ; 
"  Sufficient  fcr  thee  is  my  grace, 
Thy  weaknefs  my  great  pow'r  difplays." 

0\v  I  rlcfpond  and  mourn  no  more, 
I  welcome  all  I  fear'd  before; 

ho'  weak,    Pm  ftrong  ;   tho'  troubled  bleft, 
For  ChriiV's  own  pow'r  fliall  on  me  reft. 

My  prace  would  foon  exhaufted  be, 
But  his  is  boundlcfs  as  the  fea  ; 

Then 


Hy.   130.         GALATIANS.  137 

Then  let  me  boaft  with  holy  Paul, 
That  I  am  nothing,  Christ  is  all ! 


GALATIANS. 
CXXX.     7  he  inward  warfare.     Chap.  v.    17. 

1  Q<  TRANGE  and  myfterious  is  my  life, 
*3  What  oppofites  I  feel  within! 

A  ftable  peace,   a  conftant  ftrife  ; 
The  rule  of  grace,   the  power  of  fin  : 

Too  often  I  am  captive  led, 

Yet  daily  triumph  in  my  head. 

2  I  prize  the  privilege  of  pray  'r, 

But  oh  !  what  backwardnefs  to  pray, 
Though  on  the  Lord  1  caft  my  care, 
I  feel  its  burden  ev'ry  day: 

I  leek  his  will  in  all  I  do, 

Yet  find  my  own  is  working  too. 

3  I  call  the  promifes  my  own, 

And  prize  them  more  than  mines  of  o-old  ; 
Yet  though  their  fweetnefs  I  have  known, 
They  leave  me  unimprefs'd  and  cold  : 
One  hour  upon  the  truth  1  feed, 
The  next  I  know  not  what  I  read. 

4  I  love  the  holy  day  of  reft, 

When  Jesus  meets  his  gather'd  faints  ; 
Sweet  day  !   of  all  the  week  the  beft ; 
For  its  return  my  fpirit  pants : 

Yet  often,   through  my  unbelief, 

It  proves  a  day  of  guilt  and  grief. 

5  While  on  my  Saviour  I  rely, 

I  know  my  foes  (hall  lofe  their  aim  ; 
And  therefore  dure  their  pow'r  dtfy, 
Aflur'd  of  conqueft  through  his  name  : 

But  foon  my  confidence  is  flain, 

And  all  my  fears  return  agaiij. 

M  *  6  Th«3 


i33  PHIL  I  P  PI  AN  S.  Bk.  L 

6   Tims  difPrent  pow'rs  within  me  drive, 
And  grace  and  fin,  by  turns  prevail ; 
I  grieve,  rejoice,  decline,  revive, 
And  vicl'ry  hangs  in  doubtful  fcale : 

But  Jesus  has  his  promife  pair, 

1  hat  grace  flia.Il  overcome  at  laft. 


P    H    I    L    I    P    P    I    A    N    S. 
CXXXI.    (c)  Contentment  (i).    Chap.  iv.   if* 

1  T^  IERCE  paflions  difcompofe  the  mind, 
X        As  tempefts  vex  the  fea  ; 

But  calm  content  and  peace  we  find, 
When,  Lord,  we  turn  to  thee. 

2  In  vain  by  reafon  and  by  rule, 

We  try  to  bend  the  will ; 
For  none  but  in  the  Saviour's  fchool, 
Can  learn  the  heav'nly  fkill. 

3  Since  at  his  feet  my  foul  has  fat, 

His  gracious  words  to  hear, 
Contented  with  my  prefent  ftate, 
I  caft  on  him  my  care. 

4  "  Art  thou  a  fmner,   foul?   (he  faid) 

Then  how  canfr  thou  complain  ? 
How  light  thy  troubles  here,  if  weigh'd 
With  everlafting  pain. 

5  u  If  thou  of  murmuring  would'ft  be  cur'd 

Compare  thy  griefs  with  mine; 
Think  what  my  love  for  thee  endur*d, 
And  thou  wilt  not  repine. 

6  iC  Tis  I  appoint  thy  daily  lot, 

And  I  do  all  things  well ; 

(i) 'Book  III,  Hymn  jj. 

Thou 


Hv.   132.  HEBREWS.  139 

Thou  foon  (halt  leave  this  wretched  fpot, 
And  rife  with  me  to  dwell. 

7  "  In  life  my  grace  (hall  ftrength  fupply, 

Proportion 'd  to  thy  day  ; 
At  death  thou  (till  malt  find  me  nigh, 
To  wipe  thy  tears  away." 

8  Thus  I  who  once  my  wretched  days, 

In  vain  repihings  fpent  ; 
Taught  in  my  Saviour's  fchool  of  grace, 
Have  learn'd  to  be  content. 


1 


HEBREWS. 
CXXXII.     (c)  Old  Teftament  Co/pel.    Chap.  iv.  2* 
SRAEL  in  ancient  day, 
LNot  only  had  a  view 
Of  Sinai  in  a  blaze, 
But  learned  the  gofpel  too  : 
The  types  and  figures  were  a  glafs, 
In  which  they  faw  the  Saviour's  face. 

2  The  ptfchal  facrifice, 

And  blood-befprinkled  door  (1), 

Seen  with  enlightened  eyes, 

And  once  apply  M  with  power, 
Would  teach  the  need  of  other  blood, 
To  reconcile  an  angry  God. 

3  The  Lamb,   the  Dove,  fet  forth, 
His  per  feci  innocence  (2), 
Whofe  blood  of  matchlefs  worth, 
Should  be  the  foul's  defence  ; 

For  he  who  can  for  fin  atone, 
Muft  have  no  fadings  of  his  own. 

4  The  fcnpe-goat  on  his  head  (3) 
The  people's  treipafs  bore, 

(ij  Eioduixii.  13,         (2)  Lev,  xii.  6,         (3)  Lev.  xvi.  %%. 

And 


i4o  HEBREWS.  Bk.  I. 

4 

And  to  the  defert  led, 

Was  to  be  feen  no  more  : 
In  him  our  furety  feem'd  to  fay, 
"  Behold  I  bear  your  fins  away." 

y       Dipt  in  his  fellow's  blood, 

The  living  bird  went  free  ( i  )  ; 

The  type  well  underftood, 

Exprefs'd  the  finner's  plea  ; 
Defcrib'd  a  guilty  foul  enlarged, 
And  by  a  Saviour's  death  difcharg'd. 

6       Jesus  I  love  to  trace 

Throughout  the  facred  page ; 

The  footiteps  of  thy  grace, 

The  fame  in  ev'ry  age  ! 
O  gr-nt  that  I  may  faithful  be 
To  clearer  light  vouchfaPd  to  me. 

CXXXIII.   The  Word  quick  and powerful* 

Chap.  iv.     12,    13. 

1  rr^  HE  word  of  Christ,  our  Lord, 

JL         With  v  horn  we  have  to  do  ; 
Is  marper  than  a  two-edg'd  fword,     * 
To  pierce  the  finner  through  ! 

2  Swift  as  the  light'ning's  bla?e, 
When  awful  thunders  roll, 

It  fills  the  confeience  with  amaze, 
And  penetrates  the  foul. 

3  No  heart  can  be  conceal'd 
From  his  all  piercing  eyes, 

Each  thought  and  purpofe  (rands  reveal'*!, 
Naked,   without  difgttife. 

4  He  fees  his  people's  fears, 
He  notes  their  mournful  cry, 

He  counts  their  fighs  and  ialhrg  tears, 
And  helps  them  from  on  high. 

(1)  Lev.  xif.  ji— J3. 

5   Tho» 


Hv.   134.  HEBREWS.  141 

5  Tho'  feeble  is  their  good, 
It  has  his  kind  regard  ; 

Yea,  all  they  would  do,  if  they  could  (1), 
Shall  find  a  fure  reward. 

6  He  fees  the  wicked  too, 
And  will  repay  them  foon, 

For  all  the  evil  deeds  they  do, 

And  all  they  would  have  done  (2). 

7  Since  all  our  fecret  ways 

Are  mark'd  and  known  by  thee  : 
Afford  us,  Lord,  thy  light  of  grace, 
That  we  ourfelves  may   fee. 

CXXXIV.  Looking  unto  Jesus.  Chap.  xii.  2. 

1  T]>  Y  various  maxims,  forms,  and  rules, 
JD  That  pafs  for  wifdo:*n  in  the  fchools, 
I  ftrove  my  paffion  to  reftrain; 

But  all  my  efforts  prov'd  in  vain. 

2  But  fmce  the  Saviour  I  have  known, 
My  rules  are  all  reduced  to  one  ; 

To  keep  my  Lord  by  faith  in  view. 
This  iirength  fupplies  and  motives  too. 

3  I  fee  him  lead  a  fufPring  life, 
Patient  amidft  reproach  and  firife; 
And  from  this  pattern  courage  take 
To  bear,  and  fuffer  for   his  fake. 

4  Upon  the  crofs  I  fee  him  bleed f 
And  by  the  fight  from  guilt  am  freed  5 
This  fight  deftroys  the  life  of  fin, 
And  quickens  heav'nly  life  within. 

5  To  look  to  Jesus  as  he  role, 
Confirms  my   faith,   difarms  my  foes  ; 

•  m  I  iliame  and  overcome, 
By  pointing  to  my  Saviour's  tomb, 
(i)  I  Kinga  viii.  i8.  (2)   Matt.  v.  28. 

6  Exalted 


I42  HEBREWS.  Bx.  I. 

6  Exalted  on  his  glorious  throne, 

I  fee  him  make  my  caufe  his  own  ; 
Then  all  my  anxious  cares  fubfide, 
For  JfsUS  lives  and  will  provide, 

7  I  fee  him  look  with  pity  down, 

And  hold  in  view  the  conq'ror's  crown  ; 
If  prefsM  with  griefs  and  cares  before, 
My  foul  revives,  nor  afks  for   more. 

8  By  faith  I  fee  the  hour  at  hand, 
When  in  his  prefence  I  (hall  (land  ; 
Then  it  will  be  my  endlefs  blifs, 
To  fee  him  where  and  as  he  is, 

CXXXV.     Lovefrdkens.     Chap.  xii.  5 — 1 1. 

1  A  FFLICTIONS  do  not  come  alone, 
l\  A  voice  attends  the  rod ; 

By  both  he  to  his  faints  is  known, 
A  Father  and  a  God! 

2  u  Let  not  my  children  flight  the  ftroke 

I  for  chaftifement  fencl ; 
Nor  faint  beneath  my  kind  rebuke, 
For  I  am  ftill  their  friend, 

3  "  The  wicked  I  perhaps  may  leave 

Awhile  and  not  reprove; 

But  all  the  children  1  receive, 

I  fcourge  becaufe  I  love. 

4  u  If  therefore  we  were  left   without 

This  needful  difcipline  ; 
\  ou  might  with  caufe  admit  a   doubt, 
If  you  indeed  were  mine. 

5  €i  Shall  earthly  parents  then  expect 

Their  chiclren  to  fubmit  ? 
And  will  not  you  when  I  correct, 
Be  humbled  at  mv  feet? 

6  «  To 


Hy.  136,        REVELATION.  143 

6  "  To  pleafe  themfelves  they  oft  chaftife, 

And  put  their  Tons  to  pain  ; 
But  you  are  precious  in  my  eyes, 
And  mall  not  fmart  in  vain. 

7  "  I  fee  your  hearts  at  pre  lent  fill'd 

With  grief  and  deep  diftrefs  ; 
But  foon  thefe  bitter  feeds  (hall  yield 
The  fruits  of  rio-hteoufnefs." 

o 

8  Break  thro*  the  clouds,  dear  Lord,  and  mine  ) 

Let  us  perceive  thee  nigh ! 
And  to  each  mourning  child  of  thine 
Thefe  gracious  words  apply. 


REVELATION. 

CXXXVI     EPHESU S.     Chap.  ii.   1—7. 

THUS  faith  the  Lord  to  Ephefus, 
And  thus  he  fpeaks  to  fome  of  us  ; 
t€  Amidfl  my  churches,  lo,   I  ftand, 
And  hold  the  paftors  in  my  hand. 

"  Thy  works  to  me  are  fully  known, 
Thy  patience,  and  thy  toil,  I  own  ; 
Thy  views  of  gofpel  truth  are  clear, 
Nor  canft  thou  other  doctrine  bear. 

€i  Yet  I  muft  blame  while  I  approve  ; 
Where  is  thy  firft,  thy  fervent  love  ? 
Doft  thou  forget  my  love  to  thee, 
That  thine  is  grown  fo  faint  to  me  ? 

u  Recall  to  mind  the  happy  days 
When  thou  waft  HUM  with  joy  and  praife  ; 
Repent,  thy  former  works  renew, 
Then  I'll  reftore  thy  comforts  too. 

"  Return  at  once,   when  I  reprove, 
Left  I  thy  candleftick  r 


M4  REVELATION.  Bk.  I. 

And  thou,  too  late,  thy  lofs  lament, 
I  warn  before  I  it r ike, — Repent." 

6  Harken  to  what  the  fpirit  faith, 
To  him  that  overcomes  by  faith ; 
"  The  fruit  of  life's  unfading  tree. 
In  paradife  his  food  mall  be." 

CXXXVII.     Smyrna.     Chap.  ii.    n. 

* 
i  rnp^HE  meflage  firft  to  Smyrna  fent, 
X     A  meflage  full  of  grace  ; 
To  all  the  Saviours  flock  is  meant, 
In  ev'ry  age  and  place. 

2  Thus  to  his  church  his  chofen  bride, 

Saith  the  great  Firft  and  Laft, 
u  Who  ever  lives,  tho'  once  he  dy'd, 
Hold  thy  profeifion  faft. 

3  u  Thy  works  and  forrow  well  I  know, 

Performed  and  born  for  me; 
Poor  tho'  thou  art,  defpisM  and  low, 
Yet  who  is  rich  like  thee  ? 

4  u  I  know  thy  foes,  and  what  they  fay, 

How  long  they  have  blafphem'd  ; 
The  fynagogueof  Sntan,  they, 
Tho'  they  would  Jews  be  deem'd. 

5  u  Tho'  Satan  for  a  feafon  rage, 

And  prifons  be  your  lot ; 
I  am  your  friend,  and  I  engage 
You  fhall  not  be  forgot. 

6  u  Be  faithful  unto  death,  nor  fear 

A  few  ihorr.  days  of  ftrife  ; 
Behold  !    the  p  i  ze  you  foon  ihall  wear 
A  crown  of  endlefs  life  \H 

7  Hear  what  the  holy  Spirit  faith 

Of  all  who  overcome  ; 

"  They 


Hv.   139.     REVELATIO  X.  M; 

"  They  mall  efcape  the  fecond  death, 
The  finner's  awful  doom  !" 

CXXXVIII.  (c)    Surdis.    Chap.  Hi.   1  —  5. 

1  "  VT7RITE  to  Sardis  (faith  the  Lord) 

VV       And  write  what  he  declares  ; 
He  whofe  fpirit,  and  whofe  word, 
Upholds  the  feven  ftars  : 
All  thy  works  and  ways  I  fearch, 
Find  thy  zeal  and  love  decayed  ; 
Thou  art  call'd  a  living  church, 
But  thou  art  cold  and  dead. 

2  €i  Watch,  remember,    feek  and  ftrive, 

Exert  thy  former  pains  : 
Let  thy  timely  care  revive, 

And  ftrengthen  what  remains  : 
Cleanfe  thine  heart,  thy  works  amend, 
Former  times  to  mind  recall ; 
Left  my  fudden  ftroke  defcend, 

And  finite  thee  once  for  all. 

3  u  Yet,  I  number  now  in  thee 

A  few  that  are  upright ; 
Theie  my  Father's  face  mall  fee, 

And  walk  with  me  in  white  : 
When  in  judgment  I  appear, 
They  for  mine  (hall  be  confeft ; 
Let  my  faithful  fervants  hear, 

And  woe  be  to  the  reft." 

CXXXIX.  Philadelphia.    Chap.  iii.  7—13. 

1  HTMIUS  faith  the  holy  One,  and  true, 

JL       To  his  beloved  faithful  few  ■ 

"  Of  heav'n  and  hell  I  hold  the  keys, 
To  (hut,  or  open,  as  I  pleafe. 

2  "  I  know  thy  works,   and  I  approve, 
Though  fmall  thy  ftrength,  iincei t 

N 


i4«  REVELATION.       Bk.  I. 

Go  on,  my  word  and  name  to  own, 
For  none  (hall  rob  thee  of  thy  crown. 

3  u,  Before  thee  fee  my  mercy's  door 
Stands  open  wide  to  (hut  no  more  ; 
Fear  not  temptation's  fiery  day, 
For  I  will  be  thy  ftrength  and  flay. 

4  u  Thou  haft  my  promife,  hold  it  faft, 
The  trying  hour  will  foon  be  pad; 
Rejoice,  for  lo  !   I  quickly  come, 

To  take  thee  to  my  heav'nly  home. 

5  "  A  pillar  there  no  more  to  move, 
Infcrib'd  with  all  my  names  of  love  ; 
A  monument  of  mighty  grace, 
Thou  fhalt  forever  have  a  place. " 

6  Such  is  the  conqueror's  reward, 
Prepar'd  and  promised  by  the  Lord  ! 
Let  him  that  hath  the  ear  of  faith, 
Attend  to  what  the  Spirit  faith. 

CXL.  Laodicea.    Chap,  iii.    14 — 2c. 

1  T  T  EAR  what  the  Lord,  the  great  Amen, 
XjL  The  true  and  faithful  witnefs,  fays  i 
He  form'd  the  vaft  creation's  plan, 

And  fearches  all  our  hearts  and  ways. 

2  To  fome  he  fpeaks  as  once  of  old, 

n  I  know  thee,  thy  profefnon's  vain  • 
Since  thou  art  neither  hot  nor  cold 
I'll  fpit  thee  from  me  with  difdain. 

3  t€  Thou  boafted  I  am  wife  and  rich, 
Encreas'd  in  goods,  and  nothing  need  ; 
And  doft  not  know  thou  art  a  wretch, 
Naked  and  poor,  and  blind,  and  dead. 

4  "  Yet  while  I  thus  rebuke,  I  love, 
My  meflage  is  in  mercy  fent; 

5  That 


Hy.   i4i.     REVELATION.  i47 

That  thou  may'ft  my  companion  prove, 
I  can  forgive  if  thou  repent. 

5  u  Would'ir  thou  be  truly  rich  and  wife  ? 
Come,  buy  my  gold  in  fire  well  try'd, 
My  ointment  to  anoint  thine  eyes, 

My  robe,  thy  nakednefs  to  hide. 

6  u  See  at  thy  door  I  ftand  and  knock  ! 
Poor  finner,   fnall  I  wait  in  vain  ? 
Quickly  thy  ftubborn  heart  unlock, 
That  I  may  enter  with  my  train. 

7  u  Thou  canft  not  entertain  a  king, 
Unworthy  thou  of  fuch  a  gueft! 
But  I  my  own  provifions  bring, 

To  make  thy  foul  a  heav'nly  feaft." 

CXLI.    The  little  Book.  (i).  Chap,  x, 

i   TT7HEN  thebelov'd  difciple  took 
VV       The  angel's  little  open  book, 

ich  by  the  Lord's  command  he  eat, 
It  tafted  bitter  after  fweet. 

2  Thus  when  the  gofpel  is  embrac'd, 
At  firft  'tis  fweeter  to  the  tafte 
Than  honey,  or  the  honey-comb, 
But  there's  a  bitternefs  to  come. 

3  What  fweetnefs  does  the  promife  yield, 
When  by  the  Spirit's  pow'r  feal'd  ? 
The  longing  foul  is  fill'd  with  good, 
Nor  feels  a  wifli  for  other  food. 

4  By  thefe  inviting  taftes  allur'd, 
We  pafs  to  what  mutt  be  endured  ; 
For  foon  we  find  it  is  decreed, 
That  bitter  mud  to  fweet  fucceed. 

5  When  fin  revives  and  fhews  its  pow'r, 
When  Satan  threatens  to  devour, 

Book  III.  Hjmn  47, 

When 


148  REVELATIO  X.  Bk.  I. 

en  God  afnicts  and  men  revile, 
We  draw  our  fteps  with  pain  and  toil. 

6  When  thus  deferted,  tempeft-toft, 
The  fenfc  of  former  fweetne fs  loft  ; 
We  tremble  left:  we  were  deceived 
In  thinking  that  we  once  believ'd. 

■    The  Lord  firfr  makes  the  fweetnefs  known, 
To  win  and  fix  us  for  his  own  ; 
And  though  we  now  fome  bitter  meet. 
We  hope  for  everlafting  fweer. 


TABLE 


A 


A 

B 


E 


TO    THE    FIRST    BOOK, 

According  trj  the  Order  ana  fymnsi 

GENESIS. 

Hymn.  Chan. 

i  Adam  3 

2  Cain  and  Abel  4 

3  ")     Walking 

4  3       with  God  $ 

5  Lot  in  Sodj.n  13 

6  1   The  Lord 

7  5    will  pro  22 

2; 

9  Jacob's  ladder  s8 

Ay  name  is  Jacob  3* 

1  1    Pi;  h      41 

1  2   Jof.  made  kno 


EX  O  D  [ 
33  The  bitter  waters 

14  Jehovah-R.4 

15  Manna 

led 

1  7  j 

The  golden  c 


I  T  I  C  U  S. 
l9  1 


N  U  M  B  E  R  S. 
nn.                         Chap. 
20   Balaam's  wifli            23 

JOSHUA. 

21    Gibeon 

10 

JUDGES. 

22  Jehovah-Shu!" 
13   Gideon's  fleece 
24   Sampfon's  lion 

6 

6 

I.     SAMUEL. 

25  Hannah,  or  t] 

throne  of  gr 
16  1                      the 

i 
lil'Ji  kine  draw- 
Ark 
28   Sa              -iour 

1 

5 

6 

17 

IT.      SA  MU  EL. 

1  2 
16 

I.  KJNC    . 


A     TABLE. 


j5o 

I.     KINGS. 

Hymn.  Chap. 

31  p  Aflc  what  I  fliall 

32  >      give  thee  3 

33  > 

34  Oueen  of  Sheba      10 

35  Elijah  fed  by 
Ravens  17 

36  The  meal  and 
cruife  of  oil  17 


II.     KINGS. 

37  Jericho,  or  the 
waters  healed  2 

38  Naaman  5 

39  The  borrowed  axe  6 

40  More  with  us  than 
with  them  6 


I.     CHRONICLES. 
41   Faith's  review  and 
exneclation  17 


PSALMS. 
Hymn.  Chap. 

47  7    The  believer's 


48  3       fafety 

49  He  led  them  by 
a  right  way 

50  What  fliall  I 
render 

51  Dwelling  in 
Mefech 


NEHEMIAH. 
42  The  joy  of  the  Lord 
is  our  ftrength  9 


JOB. 

43  O  that  I  were  as 
in  months  paft 

44  The  change 


29 
29 


PSALMS. 

45  Pleading  for  mercy  6 

46  None  upon  earth 
betides  thee  73 


91 

107 

116 
120 


PROVERBS. 

52  Wifdom  S 

53  A  friend  that  ftick- 
eth  clofer  than  a 
brother  18 


ECCLESIASTES. 
54.  Vanity  of  life  1 

55  Vanity  of  the  world  t 

56  Vanity  of  creatures 
fanclified  1 


SOLOMONS's  SONG. 

57  The  name  of  Jefus  i> 


ISAIAH. 

58  O  Lord  I  will 
praife  thee 

59  The  River,  Re- 
fuge, and  Rock 
cf  the  church 

60  Zion,  cr  the  city 
of  God 

6  1    Look  unto  me  and 
be  ve  faved 


12 

32 
33 
45 


62  The 


A 

ISAIAH. 

Hymn.  Chap. 

62  The  good  Phy- 


fician 

63  To  the  afflicted 

64  The  contrite 
heart 

65  The  future  peace 
and  glory  of  the 
church 


TABLE.  151 

ZECHARIAH. 
Hymn.  Chap. 

76  Prayer  for  the 


45         Lord's  prefence         2 
54  77  A  brand  plucked 

out  of  the  fire  ^ 

57,7  s  On  one  (tone  mall 

be  feven    eyes  3 

79  Praife  for  the  foun- 
60         tain  opened  13 


JEREMIAH. 

66  Truft  of  the  righ- 
teous and  wicked 

67  Jehovah  our  righ- 
teoufnefs 

68  Ephraim  repent- 
ing 


17 


23 


MALACHI. 

80   They  fhall  be  mine 
faith  the  Lord 


LAMENTAMIONS. 
69  The  Lord  is  my 
portion 


E  Z  E  K  I  E  L. 

70  Humbled  and  fi- 
le need  by  mercy 

7 1  The  covenant 

72  Jehovah  Shuin- 
i»»h 


16 
36 

48 


DANIEL. 

73  The  power  and 
triumph  of  faith   3, 

74  Belihazzar 

J  O  N  A  Hi 

75  The  gourd 


81 
J82 

1*3 

*4 

II 86 

88 
89 
90 


MATTHEW 

The  beggar 
The  leper 
A  fick  foul 
Satan  returning- 
The  fower 
Wheat  and  tares 
Peter  walking  on 
the  waters 
Woman  of  Ca- 
naan 

What  think  ye  of 
Chriil? 
The  fooliili  virgins  25 
Peter  finning  and 
repenting  26 


7 
8 

9 

12 

33 
*3 


22 


M  A  R  K. 

92  Legion  difpoflefled    5 

93  The  rulers  daugh- 
ter raifed  ^ 

04  But 


\$z  ATA 

M  ARK. 
Hymn*  Chap. 

94  But  one  loaf  8 

95  Bartemius  io 

96  Houfe  of  prayer      1 1 
()•/  The  blafted-fig  tree  1 1 


LUKE. 

98  The  two  debtors 

99  The  good  Sama- 
ritan 

100  Martha  and 
Mary 

10 1  The  heart  taken 

102  The  worldling 

103  Barren  fig-tree 

104  The  prodigal 
X05   The  rich  man 

and  Lazarus 

106  The  importunate 
widow 

107  Zaccheus 

ic8  Believer's  danger 
and  fafety 

109  Father  forgive 
them 

1 10  The  two  male- 
fa  clors 


BLi 

JOHN. 

Hymn.  Chap. 

116  The  refurrrclion 
and  the  life  1 1 

117  Weeping  Mary     20 


118 
119 


Loveft  thou 
me  ? 


21 


A  C  T  S. 

120  Death  of  Stephen 

121  The  rebel's  fnr- 
render  to  grace 

122  Peter  releafed 
from  priion 

*  *  I  1 23   The  trembling 

*j  gaoler 

■^,124  The  enorcifts 
jg    125  Paul's  voyage 


1  a 

22 


12 

16 

l9 
a? 


ROMAN  S. 

126 

The  good  that  I 

would  I  do  not 

- 

127 

Salvation  draw- 

ing nearer 

J3 

23 


I.     CORINTHIANS. 
128  That  rock  was 

(Thrift  ic 


1 1 1 

1 12 

ll3 
114 

"5 


JOHN. 

Woman  of  Samaris 
Pool  of  Be- 
ihefda 

The  difciples 

at  fea 

Will  ye  alfo  go 

away  ? 


II.     CORINTHIANS. 

1  29  My  grace  is  fuf- 

ficient  for  thee        12 


G  A  L  A  T  I  A  N  S. 

50   The  inward  war. 
fare  5 

PHILLIP- 


A     TABLE. 


!53 


PHILIPPI  AXS.  I    HEBREWS. 

Hymn.  Chap.  Hymn.  Chap. 


131   Contentment 


H  E  B  R  E  W   S. 

132  Old  Teftament 
gofpel 

133  The  word  quick 
and  powerful 

134  Looking  unto 
Jefus 


12 


135  Love-tokens  12 


REVELATION. 

136  Ephefus  2 

137  Smyrna  2 

138  Sardis  3 

139  Philadelphia  3 

140  Laodicea  3 

141  The  little  bock  is 


END  OF  THE  FIRST  BOOR. 


OLXLV 


OLNEY    HYMNS,   &c. 

BOOK     II. 

On  occajional  Subjects. 

I.  Seasons.  I  III.  Providences* 

II.  Ordinances.         j  IV.  Creation. 

I.     SEASONS. 

N  E  W  -  Y  E  A  R's     HYMNS. 

I.    Time  kowfwift. 

i   TT7HILE  with  ceafelefs  courfe  the  fun 
V  V       Hafted  through  the  former  year, 
Many  fouls  their  race  have  run, 
Never  more  to  meet  us  here  : 
Fix'd  in  an  eternal  ftate, 
They  have  done  with  all  below  ; 
We  a  little  longer  wait, 
But  how  little — none  can  know. 

2  As  the  winged  arrow  flics, 
Speedily  the  mark  to  find  ; 
As  the  lightening  from  the  fkies, 
Darts,  and  leaves  no  trace  behind  ; 
Swiftly  thus  our  fleeting  days 
Bear  us  down  life's  rapid  flream  : 
Upwards,   Lord,  our  fpirits  raife, 
All  below  is  but  a  dream. 

3   Thanks 


Hv.  i.  SEASON  S. 

3   Thanks  for  mercies  part  receive, 
Pardon  of  our  fins  renew  ; 
Teach  us,  henceforth,  how  to  live 
With  eternity  in  view  ; 
Blefs  thy  word  to  young  and  old, 
Fill  us  with  a  Saviour's  love  ; 
And  when  life's  fhort  tale  is  told, 
May  we  dwell  with  thee  above. 

II.  Time  how  fhort* 

i   HP*  IME,  with  an  unwearied  hand, 
JL     Pufhes  round  the  feafons  paft  ; 
And  in  life's  frail  glafs,  the  fand 
Sinks  apace  not  long  to  laft : 
Many,  as  well  as  you  or  I, 
Who  lift  year  affembled  thus, 
In  their  filent  graves  now  lie  ; 
Graves  will  open  foon  for  us  i 

2  Daily  fin,   and  care,  and  ftrife, 
While  the  Lord  prolongs  our  breath, 
Make  it  but  a  dying  life, 

Or  a  kind  of  living  death  : 
Wretched  they,  and  raoft  forlorn, 
Who  no  better  portion  know  ; 
Better  ne'er  to  have  been  born, 
Than  to  have  our  all  below. 

3  When  conftrain'd  to  go  alone, 

aving  all  you  love  behind, 
Ent'ring  on  a  v.  orld  unknown, 
What  will  then  fupport  your  mind? 
When  the  Lord  his  fuminons  fends  (i ' 

thly  comforts  lofe  their  pow'r  ; 
Honour,   riches,  kindred,  frier 
Cannot  che<  g  hour. 

fouls  v.  k  ;  . 

for  you  ; 

(I)  I.. 


l55 


When 


i56  SEASONS. 

When  your  Saviour  gives  the  word. 
Glad  you'll  bid  the  world  adieu  : 
Then  he'll  wipe  away  your  u 
Near  himfclf  appoint  your  place  ; 
Swifter  fly,  ye  rolling  years, 
Lord,  we  long  to  fee  thy  face. 

III.   Uncertainty  of  Life* 

i   Q<  EE  !   another  year  is  gone  ! 
)J  Quickly  have  the  feaibns  pad! 
This  we  enter  now  upon 
May  to  many  prove  their  laft  : 
Mercy  hitherto  has  fpar'd, 
But  have  mercies  been  improvM  ? 
Let  us  afk,  Am  I  prepared, 
Should  I  be  this  year  remov'd  I 

2  Some  we  now  no  longer  fee, 
Who  their  mortal  race  have  run  ; 
Seem'd  as  fair  for  life  as  we, 
When  the  former  year  begun  ; 
Some,  but  who  God  only  knows, 
Who  are  here  aflembled  now, 
Ere  the  prefent  year  ftiall  clofe, 
To  the  ftroke  of  death  mull  bow. 

3  Life  a  field  of  battle  is, 
Thoufands  fall  within  our  view  ; 
And  the  next  death-bolt  that  flies, 
May  be  fent  to  me  or  you  : 

While  we  preach,   and  while  we  hear, 
Help  us,  Lord,  each  one  to  think, 
Vaft  eternity  is  near, 
I  am  (landing  on  the  brink. 

4  Tf  from  guilt  and  fin  fet  free} 
By  the  knowledge  of  thy  grace  ; 
Welcome,   then,  the  call  will  be 
To  depart  and  fee  thy  face: 


Uy.  4.  SEASONS,  157 

To  thy  faints,  while  here  below, 
With  new  years,  new  mercies  come; 
But  the  happieft  year  they  know, 
Is  their  laft  which  leads  them  home. 

IV.  A  Neiv-Tear's  Thought  and  Prayer. 

g    r  I  ^  IME,  by  moments  fteals  away, 
1      Firft  the  hour,  and  then  the  day, 
Small  the  daily  lofs  appears, 
Yet  it  foon  amounts  to  years  : 
Thu6  another  year  is  flown, 
Now  it  is  no  more  our  own  ; 
If  it  brought  or  promis'd  good, 
Than  the  years  before  the  flood. 

2  But  (may  none  of  us  forget) 
It  has  left  us  much  in  debt  ; 
Favours  from  the  Lord  received, 
Sins  that  have  his  Spirit  griev'd, 
Mark'd  by  an  unerring  hand, 

In  his  book  recorded  (land  ; 
Who  can  tell  the  vaft  amount, 
Plac'd  to  each  of  our  account  ? 

3  Happy  the  believing  foul  ! 
Christ  for  you  has  paid  the  whole; 
While  you  own  the  debt  is  large, 
You  may  plead  a  full  difcharge  : 
But,   poor  carelefs  fmner  fay, 
What  can  you  to  juftice  pay  ? 
Tremble,  left  when  life  is  part, 
Into  prifon  you  be  caft  ! 

4  Will  you  (till  increafe  the  fcore  > 
Still  be  carelefs  as  before? 

Oh,  forbid  it,  gracious  Lord, 
Touch  their  ipirits  by  thy  word 
Now,  in  mercy  to  them,  (how, 
What  a  mighty  debt  they  owe  I 

O  AJ! 


£$*  S  E  A  S  O  N  S.  Bk.  II. 

All  their  unbelief  fubdue, 
Let  them  rind  forgivenefs  too. 

5   Spar'd  to  fee  another  year, 
Let  thy  blemng  meet  us  here  ; 
Come,   thy  dying  work  revive, 
Bid  thy  drooping  garden  thrive  ; 
Sun  of  Righteoulhefs  arife  ! 
Warm  our  hearts" and  blefs  our  eyes  ; 
Let  our  pray'r  thy  bowels  mcve; 
Make  this  year  a  time  of  love. 

V.  Death  and  War.    1778. 

HARK!   how  time's  wide  founding  bell 
Strikes  on  each  attentive  ear  ! 
Tolling  loud  the  folemn  knell 
Of  the  late  departed  year  : 
Years,  like  mortals  wear  away, 
Have  their  birth  and  dying  day  ; 
Youthful  fpring,   and  wintry  age 
Then  to  others  quit  the  frage. 

»   Sad  experience  may  relate 
What  a  year  the  laft  has  been  ! 
Crops  of  forrow  have  been  great, 
From  the  fruitful  feeds  of  fin  : 
Oh  !   What  numbers  gay  and  blithe, 
Fell  by  death's  unfparing  fey  the  ? 
While  they  thought  the  world  their  own, 
Suddenly  he  mow'd  them  down. 

I   See  how  war,  with  dreadful  ftride, 
Marches  at  the  Lord's  command  : 
Spreading  defolation  wide, 
Through  a  once  much-favcur'd  land  : 
War,  with  heart  and  krtta  of  fieel, 
Preys  on  thoufands  at  a  meal ; 
Daily  drinking  human  gore, 
Still  be  thirlts  and  calls  for  more. 

4  If 


Hy.  6.  SEASONS.  i59 

4  If  the  God,   whom  we  provoke, 
Hither  mould  his  way  direct  ; 
What  a  fin-avenging  ftroke 
May  a  land  like  this  expect  ! 
They  who  now  fecurely  ileep, 
Ouickly  then  would  wake  and  weep  ; 
And  too  late  would  learn  to  fear, 
When  they  law  the  danger  near. 

5  You  are  fafe  who  know  his  love, 
He  will  all  his  truth  perform  ; 
To  your  fouls  a  refuge  prove, 
From  the  rage  of  ev'ry  ftorm  : 
But  we  tremble  for  the  youth  ; 
Teach  them,  Lord,  thy  faving  truth  ; 
Join  them  to  thy  faithful  few, 

Be  to  them  a  refuge  too. 


VI.  Earthly  Prof}- 


o 


Solemnly  and  loudly  warns  ; 
Thoughtlefs,  unexperienc'd  youth  ; 
Though  it  hears,   the  warning  fcorns  ; 

ith  infancy's  glafs  furveys 
Life  prolong'd  to  diftant  years, 

\e  the  Vult  itnagin'd  i; 
FiilM  with  fweers  and  joys  appears* 

.  ful  difappointment,   foon 
Overclouds  the  pfofpi 
Some  their  fun  goes  df  oon, 

Torn  by  death's  ftrong  hand  away  : 
Where  are  then  their  plea  fin  g  fche:: 
Where  the  joys  they  hop'd  to  find? 
Gone  for  ever,  like  their  dreams, 
Leaving  not  a  trace  behind. 

3   Others,  who  are  fpar'd  awhile, 
Live  to  weep  o\r  rai  -  at  ; 


x6o  SEASONS.  Bk.  IL 

Find  diftrefs,  and  pain,  a$d  toil, 
Bitter  things  inftead  offweet: 
Sin  has  fpread  a  curie  around, 
Poifon'd  all  things  here  below  ; 
On  this  bafe  polluted  ground, 
Peace  and  joy  can  never  grow. 

4  Grace  alone  can  cure  cur  ills, 
Sweeten  life  with  all  its  cares  ; 
Pvegulate  our  ftubborn  wills, 
Save  us  from  furrounding  fnares  : 
Though  you  oft  have  heard  in  vain, 
Former  years  in  folly  fpent  ; 
Grace  invites  you  yet  again, 
Once  more  calls  you  to  repent. 

$  CalPd  again,  at  length,  beware, 
Hear  the  Saviour's  voice  and  live  ; 
Left  he  in  his  wrath  fhould  fwear, 
He  no  more  will  warning  give  : 
Pray  that  you  may  hear  and  feel, 
Ere  the  day  of  grace  be  part  ; 
Left  your  hearts  grow  hard  as  fteel, 
Or  this  year  fhould  prove  your  laft. 


Hymns  before  annual  Sermons  to  young  PeopIe> 
on  New-Years  Evenings. 

VII.    Prayer  fir    a  Bleffng. 

1  \  T  OW,  gracious  Lord,  thine  arm  reveal, 
±N    And  make  thy  glory  known  ; 

Now  let  us  all  thy  prefence  feel, 
And  foften  hearts  of  ftone  ! 

2  Help  us  to  venture  near  thy  throne, 

And  plead  a  Saviour's  name  ; 
For  all  that  we  can  call  our  own, 
Is  vanity  and  mame. 


TOU 


Hy.  8.  SEASON  S.  j6i 

3  From  all  the  guilt  of  former  fin 

May  mercy  fet  us  free  ; 
And  let  the  year  we  now  begin, 
Begin  and  end  with  thee, 

4  Send  down  thy  fpirit  from  above 

That  faints  may  love  thee  more  ; 
And  Tinners  now  may  learn  to  love, 
Who  never  lov'd  before, 

5  And  when  before  thee  we  appear, 

In  our  eternal  home, 
May  growing  numbers  worihip  thee, 
And  praife  thee  in  our  room. 

VIIL     (c)     Another. 

i  T)ESTOW,  dear  Lord,  upon  our  youth 
X3   The  gift  of  faving  grace  ; 
And  let  the  feed  of  facred  truth 
Fall  in  a  fruitful  place. 

2  Grace  is  a  plant,  when'er  it  grows 

Of  pure  and  heavenly  root  : 

But  faireft  in  the  youngeft  fhews, 

And  yields  the  fweeteft  fruit* 

3  Ye  carelefs  ones,   O  hear  betimes 

The  voice  of  fov'reign  love  ! 
Your  youth  is  rtain'd  with  many  crimes, 
But  mercy  reigns  above. 

i\  True,  you  are  voung,  but  there's  a  ftone 
Within  the  youngeft:  breaft, 
Or  half  the  crimes  which  you  have  done 
Would  rob  you  of  your  reft. 

5  For  you  the  public  pray'r  is  made, 
Oh  !   join  the  public  pray'r  ! 
For  you  the  fecret  tear  is  flied, 
O  ilied  yourlelves  a  tear  ! 

O  2  6  We 


i6z  SEASONS.  Bk.  1U 

6  We  pray  that  ypu- may  early  prove 
The  Spirit's  pow'r  to  teach  ; 
Yoa  cannot  be  too  young  to  love 
That  Jesus  whom  we  preach. 

IX.      Another. 

OW  may  fervent  pray'r  arife 
Wing'cl  with  faith,  and  pierce  the  fkies  j 
Fervent  pray'r  ihall  bring  us  down 
Gracious  anfwers  from  the  throne. 

i  Blefs,  O  Lord,  the  opening  year, 
To  each  foul  affembled  here  ; 
Clothe  thy  word  with  pow'r  divine, 
Make  us  willing  to  be  thine; 

3  Shepherd  of  thy  blood-bought  fheep  I 
Teach  the  ftony  heart  to  weep  ; 
Let  the  blind  have  eyes  to  fee, 

See  themfelves,  and  look  on  thee  ! 

4  Let  the  minds  of  all  our  youth 
Feel  the  force  of  facred  truth  ; 
While  the  gofpel  call  they  hear, 
May  they  learn  to  love  and  fear. 

5  Shew7  them  what  their  ways  have  been, 
Shew  them  the  defert  of  fin  ; 

Then  thy  dying  love  reveal, 
This  mail  melt  a  heart  of  fteel. 

6  Where  thou  haft  thy  work  begun, 
Give  new  ftrength  the  race  to  run; 
Scatter  darkneis,  doubts  and  fear?, 
Wipe  away  the  mourner's  tears. 

2  Blefs  us  all  both  old  and  young ; 
Call  forth  pra ife  from  ev'ry  tongue;. 
Let  the  whole  afieinbly  prove 
All  thy  pQ\v?r;  and-all  thy  love* 


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Hy.   io.  SEASONS.  i63 

X.      Caflhig  the  Co/pel  Net. 

i    T  T  7HEN  Peter  thro*  the  tedious  niglte  (i) 
V  V     Had  often  caft  his  net  ia  vain  j 
Soon  as  the  I.o.id  appearM  in  fight 
He  gladly  let  it  down  again. 

2  Once  more  the  gofpel  net  we  caft, 
D  >  thou,  O  Lord,  the  effort  own  $ 
We  learn  fron  disappointments  paft 
To  reft  oar  hope  on  thee  alone. 

3  Upheld  hy  thy  fupporting  hand, 
We  enter  on  another  year  ; 

And  now  we  meet  at  thy  command, 
To  feek  thy  gracious  prefence  here. 

4  May  this  be  a  much  favour'd  hour, 
To  fouls  in  Satan's  bondage  led  ; 

O  clothe  thy  word  with  fov'reign  pow'r 
To  break  the  rocks  and  raife  the  dead  ! 

5  Have  mercy  on  our  numerous  youth, 
Who  young  in  years  are  old  in  fin ; 
And  by  thy  fpirit>  and  thy  truth, 
Shew  them  the  ftate  their  fouls  are  in. 

6  Then,  by  a  Saviour's  dying  love 
To  ev'ry  wounded  heart  reveaTd, 
Temptations,  fears,  and  guilt  remove, 
And  be  their  fun,  and  ftrength,  and  ftiield. 

7  To  mourners  fpeak  a  cheering  word, 
On  feeking  fouls  vouchfafe  to  mine; 
Let  poor  backfiiders  be  reftor'd, 
And  all  thy  faints  in  praifes  join. 

8  O  hear  our  pray'r  and  give  us  hope, 
That  when  thy  voice  (hall  call  us  home, 
Thou  ftill  wilt  raife  a  people  up, 

To  love  and  pra'ife  thee  in  our  room* 

0)  Lul^g  v.  4. 

XI. 


i<$4  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

XL      (c)   Pleading  for  and  with  youth* 
i   Q<  IN  has  undone  our  wretched  race, 
O  But  Jesus  has  reftor'd, 
And  brought  the  finner  face  to  face 
With  his  forgiving  Lord. 

2  This  we  repeat  from  year  to  year, 

And  prefs  upon  our  youth 
Lord,  give  them  an  attentive  ear,. 
Lord,  fave  them  by  thy  truth. 

3  Bleflings  upon  the  rifing  race! 

Make  this  an  happy  hour, 

According  to  thy  richeft  grace, 

And  thine  almighty  pow'r. 

4  We  feel  for  your  unhappy  ftate, 

(May  you  regard  it  too) 
And  would  awhile  ourfelves  forget  ; 
To  pour  out  pray'r  for  you. 

5  We  fee,  though  you  perceive  it  not, 

The  approaching,  awful  doom  ; 
O  tremble  at  the  folemn  thought, 
And  flee  the  wrath  to  come ! 

6  Dear  Saviour,  let  this  new  born  year 

Spread  an  alarm  abroad  ; 
And  cry,  in  ev'ry  carelefs  ear, 
"  Prepare  to  meet  thy  God  ! 

XII      (c)      Prayer  for  Children* 
I    ^^RACIOUS  Lord,  our  children  fee, 
VJ  By  thy  mercy  wc  are  free ; 
But  fhall  thefe,  alas !   remain 
Subjects  itill  of  Satan's  reign? 
Ifrael's  young  ones,   when  of  old 
Pharaoh  threat'ned  to  withhold  (i); 
Then  thy  meflenger  faid,  "  No; 
Let  the  children  alio  go." 

2  When 


Hy.   13.  SEASONS.  165 

2  When  the  anjel  of  the  Lord 
Drawing  forth  his  dreadful  fword, 
Slew  with  an  avenging  hand, 

All  the  firft-born  of  the  land  (1)  ; 
Then  thy  people's  doors  he  pafs'd, 
Where  the  bloody  fign  was  plac'd  ; 
Hear  us,  now,  upon  our  knees, 
Plead  the  blood  of  Christ  for  thefe  ! 

3  Lord,  we  tremble,  for  we  know 
How  the  tierce  malicious  foe, 
Wheeling  round  his  watchful  flight, 
Keeps  them  ever  in  his  fight  : 
Spread  thy  pinions,   King  of  kings  ! 
Hide  them  fafe  beneath  thy  wings  ; 
Left  the  rav'nous  bird  of  prey 
Stoop,  and  bear  the  brood  away. 

XIII.   The  Sbunamite  (2). 

1  r  1  ^  HE  Shunamite  opprefs'd  with  grief, 

X     When  me  had  lo*t  the  fon  rriQ  lov'd 
Went  to  Eliiha  for  relief, 
Nor  vain  her  application  prov'd. 

2  He  fen t  his  fervant  on  before 
To  lay  a  fhfFupon  his  head  ; 
This  he  could  do,   but  do  no  more, 
He  left  him,  as  he  found  him,  dead. 

3  I^at  when  the  Lord's  almighty  pow'r 
Wrought  with  the  prophet's  pray'r  and  faith, 
The  mother  faw  a  joyful  hour, 

She  faw  her  child  reftor'd  from  death. 

4  Thus,  like  the  weeping  Shunamite 
For  many,   dead  in  fin  we  grieve  ; 
Now,   Lord,  difplay  thine  arm  of  might, 

lie  them  to  hear  thy  voice  and  live. 

5  Thy  preachers  bear  the  ftafF  in  vain, 
Though  at  thine  own  command  we  go  ; 

(i)  Exod.  xii.   13,  (*)   %  Kings  iv.   31. 

Lo  RD, 


1 66  SEASONS.  Bk.  II- 

Lord,  we  have  try'd  and  try'd  again, 
We  find  them  dead,  and  leave  them  io. 

6  Come  then  thyfelf — to  ev'ry  heart 
The  glory  of  thy  name  make  known  ; 
The  means  are  our  appointed  part, 
The  pow'r  and  grace  are  thine  alone. 

XIV-     ELIJAH'S    Prayer  (i). 

1  T^\  OES  it  not  grief  and  wonder  move, 
LJ  To  think  of  IfraePs  fliameful  fall? 
Who  needed  miracles  to  prove 
Whether  the  Lord  is  God  or  Baal ! 

2  Methinks  I  fee  Elijah  {land, 

His  features  glow  with  love  and  zeal, 
In  faith  and  pray'r  he  lifts  his  hand, 
And  makes  to  heav'n  his  great  appeal. 

3  u  O  God!  If  I  thy  fervant  am, 
If  'tis  thy  meffage  fills  my  heart ; 
Now  glorify  thy  holy  name, 

And  mow  this  people  who  thou  art!" 

4  He  fpake,  and  lo  !   a  Hidden  flame 
Confum'd  the  wood,  the  duft,  the  (lone  ; 
The  people  flruck,  at  once  proclaim 

"  The  Lord  is  God,  the  Lord  alone." 

5  Like  him  we  mourn  an  awful  day, 
When  more  for  Baal  than  God  appear; 
Like  him  believers,  let  us  pray, 

And  may  the  God  of  Ifrael  hear? 

6  Lord,   if  thy  fervant  fpeak  thy  truth, 
If  he  indeed  is  fent  by  thee  ; 
Confirm  the  word  to  all  our  youth 
And  let  them  thy  falvation  fee. 

7  Now  may  the  Spirit's  holy  fire 
Pierce  ev'ry  heart  that  hears  thy  word  ; 
Con  fume  each  hurtful  vain  defire, 

And  make  them  know  thou  art  the  Lord.     XV. 
(i)   I  Kings  xviii. 


X6.  SEASONS.  l6? 

XV.     Preaching  to  the  dry    Bones    (ij. 

i   -QREACHER.S  may  from  Ezekiei's  cafe, 
J7     Draw  hope  m  this  declining  day  ; 
A  proof,  like  this,  of  fov'reign  grace 
Should  chafe  our  unbelief  away. 

2  When  fent  to  preach  to  mould'ring  bones, 
Who  could  have  thought  he  would  fucceed  ? 
But  well  he  knew  the  Lord,   from  ftones 
Could  raife  up  Abra'm's  chofen  feed. 

3  Can  thefe  be  made  a  num'rous  hoft, 
And  fuch  dry  bones  new  life  receive  ? 

The  prophet  anfwer'd,   "  Lord  thou  kncw'ft 
They  (hall,  if  thou  commandment  give.'5 

4  Like  him  around  I  caft  mine  eye, 

And  oh  !   what  heaps  of  bones  appear  ; 
Like  him,  by  Jesus  fent,  I'll  try, 
For  he  can  caufe  the  dead  to  hear. 

5  Hear,  ye  dry  bones,   the  Saviour's  word  ! 
He,  who  when  dying,  gafp'd  "  Forgive, " 
That  gracious  finner-loving  Lord, 

Says,  "  Look  to  me,  dry  bones,   and  live." 

6  Thou  heav'nly  wind  awake  and  blow, 
In  anfwer  to  the  pray  V  of  faith  ; 
Now  thine  almighty  influence  iliow, 
And  fill  dry  bones  with  living  breath. 

7  O  make  them  hear,  and  feel,   and  make, 
And,  at  thy  call,   obedient  move  ; 

The  bonds  of  death  and  Satan  break, 
And  bone  to  bone,  unite  in  love. 


w 


XVI.    The  Rod  of  MO  S  E  S. 

IIEMSVIofes  wav\l  his  my  flic  rod 
What  wonders  follow  \1  while  he  (poke? 

Eiekfel  ixxvii. 

Firm 


168  SEASONS.  Bk.  IL 

Firm  as  a  wall  the  waters  flood  (i) 
Or  gufiVd  in  rivers  from  the  rock  (2)  ! 

2  At  his  command  the  thunder  rolPd, 
Lightening  and  hail  his  voice  obey'd  (3)^ 
And  Pharaoh  trembled  to  behold 

His  land  in  delegation  laid. 

3  But  what  could  Mofes'  rod  have  done 
Had  he  not  been  divinely  fent? 

The  pow'r  was  from  the  Lord  alone, 
And  Mofes  but  the  inftrument. 

4  O  Lord,  regard  thy  people's  prayers  i 
Affift  a  worm  to  preach  aright; 

And  fince  thy  gofpel-rod  he  bears, 
Difplay  thy  wonders  in  our  fight. 

5  Proclaim  the  thunders  of  thy  law, 
Like  lightening  let  thine  arrows  fly, 
That  carelefs  tinners,  ftruck  with  awe, 
For  refuge  may  to  Jesus  cry  ! 

6  Make  ftreams  of  godly  forrow  flow 
From  rocky  hearts,  unus'd  to  feel  ; 
And  let  the  poor  in  fpirir  know 

That  thou  art  near,  their  griefs  to  heal. 

1  But  chiefly,  we  would  now  look  up 
To  afk  a  bleffing  for  our  youth, 
The  riling  generations  hope, 
That  they  may  know  and  love  the  truth. 

8  Arife,   O  Lord,  afford  a  fign  ! 
Now  fhall  our  pray'rs  fuccefs  obtain, 
Since  both  the  means  and  po\v?r  are  thine, 
How  can  the  rod  be  raisM  in  vain. 

XVII.    G  OD /peaking  from  Meunt  Zion. 

I   ry^v  HE  God  who  once  to  Ifrael  fpoke 
JL     From  Sinai's  top,  in  fire  and  fmoke, 

(1)  Exodusxiv.  OX.     (a)  Numbers  xx.  II.     (3)  Exod.  i*.  *j« 

In 


Hy.  18.  SEASONS.  169 

In  gentler  drains  of  gofpel  grace, 
Invites  us  now  to  leek  his  face. 

2  He  wears  no  terrors  on  his  brow, 
He  fpeaks  in  love,  from  Zion,  now ; 
It  is  the  voice  of  Jesus'  blood 
Calling  poor  wand'rers  home,  to  God. 

3  The  holy  Mofes  quak'd  and  fear'd 
When  Sinai's  thund'ring  law  he  heard  ; 
But  reigning  grace,  with  accents  mild, 
Speaks  to  the  fiuner  as  a  child. 

4  Hark!    how  from  Calvary  it  founds; 
From  the  Redeemer's  bleeding  wounds  3 
"  Pardon  and  grace  I  freely  gi/e, 
Poor  Tinner  look  to  me  and  live." 

5  What  other  arguments  can  move 

The  heart  that  flights  a  Saviour's  love! 
Yet  till  Almighty  power  conftrain, 
This  matchlefs  love  is  preach'd  in  vain. 

6  O  Saviour,  let  that  power  be  fell, 
Andcaufe  each  (tony  heart  to  melt! 
Deeply  imprefs  upon  our  youth 
The  light  and  force  of  gofpel  truth. 

7  With  the  new-year  may  we  begin 
To  live  to  thee,  and  die  to  f\n  ; 

To  enter  by  the  narrow  way  m 

Which  leads  to  everlafting  day. 

S  How  will  ihey  elfe  thy  prefence  bear, 
When  as  a  Judge  thou  milt  appear  ; 
When  flighted  love  to  wrath  fhall  turn 
And  the  whole  earth  like  Sinai  burn  ! 

Will.     A  Prayer  fir  Power  on  the  Means  of  Or  act. 

1   f\   Thon  !   at  whofe  Almighty  word 

VJ  The  glorious  light  from  darknefs  fpruno- ! 
P  Thy 


170  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

Thy  quick'ning  influence  afford, 

And  clothe  with  power  the  preacher's  tongue. 

2  Tho'  'tis  thy  truth  he  hopes  to  (peak, 
He  cannot  give  the  hearing  ear; 

'Tis  thine,  the  ftubbom  heart  to  break, 
And  make  the  carelefs  (inner  fear. 

3  As  when  of  old,  the  water  flowM 
Forth  from  the  rock  at  thy  command  (i); 
Moles  in  vain  had  wav'd  his  rod, 
Without  thy  wonder-working  hand. 

4  As  when  the  walls  of  Jericho  (2) 
Down  to  the  earth  at  once  were  cart; 

It  was  thy  power  that  brought  them  low, 
And  not  the  trumpet's  feeble  blaft. 

5  Thus  we  would  in  the  means  be  found, 
And  thus  on  thee  alone,  depend ; 

To  make  the  gofpel's  joyful  found 
Effectual  to  the  promised  end. 

6  Now  while  we  hear  thy  word  of  grace, 
Let  felf  and  pride  before  it  fall  ; 

And  rocky  hearts  diffolve  apace, 
In  dreams  of  forrow  at  thy  call. 

-  On  all  our  youth  affembled  here 
The  unction  of  thy  Spirit  pour ; 
Nor  let  them  lofe  another  year, 
Left  thou  (houldft  ftrive  and  call  no  more. 

XIX.     ELI  J  AW  s   Mantle. 
2  Kings  ii.  11  — 14. 

1   xpLISHA,  (truck  with  grief  and  awe, 

XL  Cry'd,  "  Ah!  where  now  is  Ifrael's  (by  ?" 

When 

(1)  Numbers  xx.  IX.  (2)  Jolhua  vi,  »o. 


Hy.  19.  SEASONS.  171 

When  he  his  honoured  matter  faw 
Borne  by  a  fiery  carr  away. 

2  But  while  he  look'd  a  laft  adieu, 
His  mantle,  as  it  fell,  he  caught ; 
The  Spirit  reded  on  him  too, 
And  equal  miracles  he  wrought. 

3  "  Where  is  Elijah's  God,"  he  cry'd, 
And  with  his  mantle  (mote  the  flood  ; 
His  word  controuPd  the  fwelling  tide, 
Th'  obedient  waters  upright  flood. 

4  The  wonder. working  gofpel,  thus 
From  hand  to  hand  has  been  conveyed  ; 
We  have  the  mantle  flill  with  us, 

But  where,  O  where,  the  Spirit's  aid  ? 

5  When  Peter  firft  his  mantle  way'd  (1) 
How  foon  it  melted  hearts  of  fteel ! 
Sinners,  by  thoufands,  then  were  fav'd, 
But  now  how  few  its  virtues  feel ! 

6  Where  is  Elijah's  Ggd  the  Lord, 
Thine  IfraePs  hope,  and  joy  and  boaft? 
Reveal  thy  arm,  confirm  thy  word, 
Give  us  another  Pentecoft  ! 

7  Aflift  thy  Meflenger  to  fpeak, 

And  while  he  aims  to  lifp  thy  truth, 
The  bonds  of  (in  and  Satan  break, 
And  pour  thy  blefiing  on  our  youth. 

8  For  them  we  now  approach  thy  throne, 
Teach  them  to  know  and  love  thy  name ; 
Then  fhall  thy  thankful  people  own 
Elijah's  God  is  flill  the  fame. 

Hymn  1 

(1)  Ads,  ii. 


17*  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

Hymns  after  Sermons  to  young  People  on  New- 
*    Year's  Evenings,  fuited  to  the  Subjects. 

XX.  Djy  ID*  s  Charge  to  SOLOMON. 
i  Chron.  xxviii.  9. 

1  /^v  David's  Son,  and  David's  Lord! 
y^J  From  age  to  age  thou  art  the  fame? 
Thy  gracious  prefence  now  afford, 

And  teach  our  youth  to  know  thy  name. 

2  Thy  people  Lord  tho'  oft  diflrefl, 
Upheld  by  thee,  thus  fiar  are  come, 
And  now  we  long  to  fee  thy  reft, 
And  wait  thy  word  to  call  us  home. 

3  Like  David,  when  this  life  mall  end, 
We  trull  in  thee,  fure  peace  to  find; 
Like  him  to  thee  we  now  commend 
The  children  we  mufl  leave  behind. 

4  Ere  long,  we  hope  to  be,  where  care, 
And  fin,  and  forrow  never  come; 
But  oh!    accept  our  humble  pray'r, 
That  thefe  may  praife  thee  in  our  room. 

5  Shew  them  how  vile  they  are  by  fin, 
And  walh  them  in  thy  cleanfing  blood  ; 
Oh,  make  them  willing  to  be  thine, 
And  be  to  them  a  covenant  God. 

6  Long  may  thy  light  and  truth  remain 
To  blefs  this  place  when  we  are  gone; 
And  numbers  here  be  born  again, 

To  dwell  forever  near  thy  throne. 

XXI.     The  Lord's  call  to  bis  Children. 
2  Cor.  vi.  17,  1 3. 

1   T    ET  us  adore  the  grace  that  feeks 
-■— <  To  draw  our  hearts  above  I 

Attend 


Hy.  22.  SEASONS-  173 

Attend,  'tis  God  the  Saviour  fpeaks, 
And  ev'ry  word  is  love. 

2  Tho'  fill'd  with  awe,  before  his  throne 

Each  angel  veils  his  face, 
He  claims  a  people  for  his  own 
Amongft  our  finful  race. 

3  Carelefs,  awhile,  they  live  in  fin, 

Enflav'd  to  Satan's  pow'r; 
But  they  obey  the  call  divine, 
In  his  appointed  hour. 

4  "  Come  forth,  he  fays,  no  more  purfue 

The  path  that  leads  to  death  ; 
Lookup,  a  bleeding  Saviour  view, 
Look,  and  be  fav'd  by  faith. 

5  u  My  fonsand  daughters  you  fhall  be, 

Thro'  the  atoning  blood  ; 
And  you  fhall  claim,  and  find  in  me, 
A  Father,  and  a  God." 

6  Lord,  ipeak  thefe  words  to  ev'ry  heart,. 

By  thine  all-powerful  voice  ; 
That  we  may  now  from  fin  depart, 
And  make  thy  love  our  choice. 

7  If  now  we  learn  to  feek  thy  face, 

By  Christ  the  living  way  ; 
We'll  praife  thee  for  this  hour  of  grace, 
Thro'  an  eternal  day. 

XXII.     The  Prayer  of] ABE  Z. 

1  Chron.  iv.  9,  10. 
r     TESUS,  who  bought  us  with  his  blood, 
J    And  makes  our  fouls  his  care  : 
Was  known  of  old  as  Ifrael's  God, 
Andanfwerd  Jabez'  pray'r. 

2  Jabez  !  a  child  of  grief !  the  name 
Befits  poor  Pinners  well ; 
P   2 


174  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

For  Jesus  bore  the  crofs  and  fhame, 
To  fave  our  fouls  from  hell. 

3  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  like  him  to  plead 

For  mercies  from  above  : 
O  come,  and  blefs  our  fouls  indeed, 
With  light,  andjoy,  and  love. 

4  The  gofpel's  promis'd  land  is  wide, 

We  fain  would  enter  in; 
But  we  are  prefs'd  on  ev'ry  fide, 
With  unbelief  and  fin. 

5  Arife,  O  Lord,  enlarge  our  coait, 

Let  us  poflefs  the  w  hole ; 
That  Satan  may  no  longer  boaft,. 
He  can  thy  work  controul. 

6  Oh,  may  thy  hand  be  with  us  ftill, 

Our  Guide  and  Guardian  be; 
To  keep  us  fafe  from  ev'ry  ill, 
Till  death  fhall  fet  us  free . 

f  Help  us  on  thee  to  caft  our  care, 
And  on  thy  word  to  reft; 
That  Ifrael's  God,  who  heareth  pray  V 
Will  grant  us  our  requeft. 

XXIII.  IValtir.g at Wifdom's Gates.  Prjdv.  viii.  34,35* 

1   t~i  NSNAR'D  too  long  my  heart  ha*  been 
£_j    In  felly's  hurtful  ways; 
Oh,  may  I  now,  at  length,  begin 
To  hear  what  wifdom  fays! 

z'Tis  Jesus,  from  the  mercy-feat, 
Invites  me  to  his  reft  ; 
He  calls  poor  finoers  to  his  feet, 
To  make  them  truly  bled. 

3  Approach,  my  foul,  to  v  ifdem's  gates, 
While  it  is  call'd    tc-day  ; 


Hv.  24.  SEASONS.  i75 

No  one  who  watches  there  and  waits, 
Shall  e'er  be  turn'd  away. 

4  He  will  not  let  me  feek  in  vain, 

For  all  who  trull:  his  word, 
Shall ^verlafting  life  obtain, 
And  favour  from  the  Lord. 

5  Lord,  I  have  hated  thee  too  long, 

And  dar'd  thee  to  thy  face  ; 
I've  done  my  foul  exceeding  wrong 
In  flighting  all  thy  grace. 

6  Now  I  would  break  my  league  with  death. 

And  live  to  thee  alone ; 
Oh  let  thy  Spirit's  feal  of  faith, 
Secure  me  for  thine  own. 

7  Let  all  the  faints  aflembled  here, 

Yea,  let  all  heav'n  rejoice ; 
That  I  begin  with  this  new  year, 
To  make  the  Lord  my  choice. 

XXIV.  Afking  the  Way  to  Zion.     Jer.  1.  v, 

1    r~jF  I  ON,  the  city  of  our  God, 

f  j      How  glorious  is  the  place  ! 
JL  ne  Saviour  there  has  his  abode  ; 
And  Tinners  fee  his  face! 

1  Firm,  againft  ev'ry  adverfe  fhock 
Its  mighty  bulwarks  prove  ; 
'Tis  built  upon  the  living  Rock, 
And  wall'd  around  with  love. 

3  There,  all  the  fruits  of  glory  grow, 

And  joys  that  never  die  : 
And  ftreams  of  grace  and  knowledge  flow 
The  foul  to  fatisfy. 

4  Come  fet  your  faces  Zion-ward; 

The  iacred  road  enquire ; 

Ami 


i76  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

And  let  a  union  to  the  Lord 
Be  henceforth  your  tlefire. 

4  The  gofpel  fhines  to  give  you  fight, 

No  longer,  then  delay  ; 
The  Spirit  waits  to  guide  you  right, 
And  Jesus  is  the  way. 

5  O  Lord,  regard  thy  people's  pray'r, 

Thy  promife  now  fulfil  ; 
And  young  and  old  by  grace  prepare, 
To  dwell  on  Zion's  hill 

XXV.     We  were  P  H  A  RAO  H' s  Bondmen. 
Deut.  vi.   20. — 23. 

1  T3  ENEATH  the  tyrant  Satan's  yoke 
D      Our  fouls  were  long  oppreit ; 

Till  grace  our  galling  fetters  broke, 
And  gave  the  weary  reft. 

2  Jesus,  in  that  important  hour, 

His  mighty  arm  made  known; 
He  ranfom'd  us  by  price  and  pow'r, 
And  claim'd  us  for  his  own. 

3  Now  freed  from  bondage,  fin  and  death, 

\V  e  walk  in  wifdom's  ways ; 
And  wi  fh  to  fpend  cur  ev'ry  breath, 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praife. 

4  Ere  long,  we  hope  with  him  to  dwell, 

In  yonder  world  above; 
And  now  we  only  live  to  tell 
The  riches  of  his  love. 

5  O  might  we,  ere  we  hence  remove, 

Prevail  upon  our  youth 
To  feek,  that  they  may  likewife  prove, 
His  mercy  and  his  truth. 

6  Like  Simeon,  we  (hall  gladly  go  (1), 

When  Jesus  calls  us  home  ; 
If  they  are  left  a  feed  below, 
To  icrvc  him  in  our  rocm. 

(1)  Luke  ii.  29.  ;  Lord 


Hy.  26.  SEASON  S.  177 

7  Lord,  hear  our  pray'r,  indulge  our  hope, 
On  thefe  thy  Spirit  pour; 
That  they  may  take  our  (lory  up, 
When  we  can  fpeak  no  more. 

XXVI.     Travailing  in  Birth  for  Souls.  Gal.  iv.  19. 

1  W7^^^  contrac^ons  meet 

V  V        In  miniders  employ  ! 

It  is  a  bitter  fweet, 

A  forrow  full  of  joy: 
No  other  pod  affords  a  place 
For  equal  honour,  or  difgrace  ! 

2  Who  can  defcribe  the  pain 
Which  faithful  preachers  feel; 
Condrain'd,  to  fpeak  in  vain, 
To  hearts  as  hard  asdeel ! 

Or  who  can  tell  the  pleafures  felt, 
When  dubborn  hearts  begin  to  melt. 

3  The  Saviour's  dying  love, 
The  foul's  amazing  worth; 
Their  utmoft  efforts  move, 
And  draw  their  bowels  forth  : 

They  pray  and  drive,  their  red  departs, 
Till  Christ  be  form'd  in  (inner  hearts. 

4  If  fome  fmall  hope  appear, 
They  dill  are  not  content; 
But,  with  a  jealous  fear, 
They   watch  for  the  event : 

Too  oft  they  find  their  hopes  deceivM, 
Then  how  their  inmod  fouls  are  griev'd? 

5  But  when  their  pains  fucceed, 
And  from  the  tender  blade, 
The  rip'Ving  cars  proceed, 
Their  toils  are  over-paid 

Noharvcdjoy  can  equal  theirs, 
To  find  the  fruit  of  all  their  cares. 

6  On 


178  S  E  A  S  O  N  S.  Bk.  II. 

6       On  what  has  now  been  Town, 

Thy  blefling,  Lord,  beftow  ; 

The  pow'r  is  thine  alone, 

To  make  it  fpring  and  grow  : 
Do  thou  the  gracious  harveft  raife, 
And  thou,  alone,  (halt  have  the  praife. 

XXV II.     Wc  are  dmbaffh dors  for  Christ. 
2  Cor.  v.  20. 

i   ripHY  meiTage,  by  the  preacher,  feal, 
X     And  let  thy  pow'r  be  known  ; 
That  ev'ry  iinner  here  may  feel 
The  word  is  not  his  own. 

2  Amongft  the  foremoft  of  the  throng 

Who  dare  thee  to  thy  face, 
He  in  rebellion  flood  too  long, 
And  fought  againit  thy  grace. 

3  But  grace  prevailed,  he  mercy  found, 

And  now  by  thee  is  fent, 

To  tell  his  fellow-rebels  round, 

And  call  them  to  repent. 

4  In  Jesus,  God  is  reconciled, 

The  worft  may  be  forgiven; 
Come,  and  he'll  own  you  as  a  child, 
And  make  you  heirs  of  heav'n. 

5  Oh,  may  the  word  of  gofpel  truth 

Your  chief  defires  engage; 
And  Jesus  be  your  guide  in  youth, 
Your  joy  in  hoary  age. 

6  Perhaps  the  year,  that's  now  begun, 

May  prove  to  fome  their  laft; 
The  fands  of  life  may  foon  be  run, 
The  day  of  grace  be  part. 

7  Think, 


Hy.  28.  SEASON  S.  179 

7  Think,  if  you  flight  this  embaffy, 
And  will  not  warning  take; 
When  JesUs  in  the  clouds  you  fee, 
Wbac  anfwer  will  you  make? 

XXVIII.     P  A  U  If  j  farewell  Charge. 
Acts  xx.  26,  27. 

1TT7HEX  Paul  was  parted  from  his  friends 
\  V  ^  was  a  weeping  day; 

But  Jesus  made  them  ail  amends, 
And  wip'd  their  tears  away. 

2  Ere  long  they  met  again  with  joy, 

(Secure  no   nore  to  parr) 
Where  praites  every  tongue  employ, 
And  pie  .rt. 

3  Thus  all  the  -s  of  his  grace 

The  tall  meet ; 

Together  fee  their  Saviour's  face, 
A  id  worfhip  at  his  feet. 

4  But  they  who  heard  the  word  in  vain, 

Tho'  oft  and  plainly  warn'd  ; 
Will  tremble,   when  they  meet  again, 
The  minilters  they  lcorn'd. 

5  On  your  own  heads  your  blood  will  fall 

If  any  perilh  here  ; 
The  preachers  who  have  told  you  all. 
Shall  Hand  approval  and  clear. 

et,  Lord,  to  fave  themfelves  alone, 
Is  not  their  urmoft  view  ; 
Oh!   hear  their  pray'r,  thy  meffige  own, 
And  fave  their  hearers  too. 

XXIX, 


2  8o  SEASON  S.  Bk.  II. 

XXIX.     How  Jliall  I  put  thee  among  the  Children  P 
Jer.  iii.  19. 

1  A  LAS  !  by  nature  how  depraved, 
jljL     How  prone  to  ev'ry  ill  ! 

Our  lives  to  Satan  how  enflav'd, 
How  obftinate  our  will ! 

2  And  can  fuch  Tinners  be  reftor'd, 

Such  rebels  reconcil'd  ? 
Can  grace  itfelf  the  means  afford 
1  o  make  a  foe  a  child  ? 

3  Yes,  grace  has  found  the  wond'roiis  means 

Which  (hall  effectual  prove  ; 
To  cleanfe  us  from  our  countlefs  fins, 
And  teach  our  hearts  to  love. 

4  Jesus  for  Tinners  undertakes, 

And  dy'd  that  we  may  live; 

His  blood  a  full  atonement  makes, 

And  cries  aloud,  "  Forgive." 

5  Yet  one  thing  more  muft  grace  provide 

To  bring  us  home  to  God  ; 
Or  we  (hall  flight  the  Lord,  who  dy'd, 
And  trample  on  his  blood. 

6  The  holy  Spirit  mud  reveal 

The  Saviour's  work  and  worth: 
Then  the  hard  heart  begins  to  feel 
A  new  and  heav'nly  birth. 

7  Thus  bought  with  blood,  and  born  again, 

Redeem'd  and  fav'd,  by  grace  ; 
Piebels,  in  God's  own  houfe  obtain 
A  Ton's  and  daughter's  place. 

XXX,     Winter.     (1) 

*EE,  how  rude  winter's  icy  hand, 
Has  ftripp'd  the  trees,  and  feal'd  the  ground  ! 

But 
(t)  Book  III.  Hymn  31. 


Hy.  31.  SEASONS.  z8i 

But  fpring  fliall  foon  his  rage  withftand, 
And  fpread  new  beauties  all  around. 

2  My  foul  a  (harper  winter  mourns ; 
Barren  and  fruitlefs  I  remain  : 
When  will  the  gentle  fpring  return, 
And  bid  my  graces  grow  again  ? 

3  Jesus,  my  glorious  Sun,  arife  ! 

'  Tis  his  the  frozen  heart  to  move  ; 

Oh  !  hufh  thefe  (tonus  and  clear  my  Ikies,    # 

And  let  me  feel  thy  vital  love  ! 

4  Dear  Lord,  regard  my  feeble  cry, 
I  faint  and  droop  till  thou  appear  ; 
Wilt  thou  permit  thy  plant  to  die? 
Muft  it  be  winter  all  the  year  ? 

5  Be  (till,  my  foul,  and  wait  this  hour, 
With  humble  pray'rand  patient  faith; 
Till  he  reveals  his  gracious  pow'r, 
Repofe  on  what  hispromife  faith. 

6  He,  by  whofe  all  commanding  word  (i), 
Seafons  their  changing  courfe  maintain  ; 
In  ev'ry  change  a  pledge  affords 

That  none  (hall  feek  his  face  in  vain* 

XXXI.     Waiting  for  Spring. 

i  fpHO'  cloudy  (kies,  and  northern  blafts 
X       Retard  the  gentle  fpring  a  while  ; 
The  fun  will  conquerer  prove  at  laft, 
And  nature  wear  a  vernal  fmile. 

2  The  promife  which  from  age  to  age, 
Has  brought  the  changing  (eafons  round  : 
Again  fliall  claim  the  winter's  rage, 
Perfume  the  air  and  paint  the  ground. 

j  The  virtue  of  that  firft  command, 
I  know  (till  does  and  will  prevail  ; 

QL  That 

Genefis  viii.  % 2, 


x&2  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

That  while  the  earth  itfelf  fhallitand, 
The  fpring  and  fummer  (hall  not  fail, 

4  Such  changes  are  for  us  decreed  ; 
Believers  have  their  winters  too; 
But  fpring  (hall  certainly  fucceed, 
And  all  their  former  life  renew. 

5  Winter  and  fpring  have  each  their  ufe, 
And  each,  in  turn,  his  people  know  ; 
One  kills  the  weeds  their  hearts  produce, 
The  other  makes  their  graces  grow. 

6  Tho'  like  dead  trees  awhile  they  feem, 
Yet  having  life  within  their  root, 
The  welcome  fpring's  reviving  beam 
Draws  forth  their  bloflbms,  leaves   and  fruit, 

7  But  if  the  tree  indeed  be  dead, 

It  feels  no  change,  tho'  fpring  return 
Its  leaflefs,  naked,  barren,  head, 
Proclaims  it  only  fit  to  burn. 

8  Dear  Lord,  afford  our  fouls  a  fpring, 
Thou  know'ft  our  winter  has  been  long  ; 
Shine  forth,  and  warm  our  hearts  to  fwg, 
And  thy  rich  grace  (hall  be  our  fong. 

XXXII.     Spring. 

i    r>  LEAK  winter  is  fubdu'd  at  length, 
Jl3     And  forc'd  to  yield  the  day  ; 
The  fun  has  wafted  all  his  ftrcngth, 
And  driven  him  away. 

2  And  now  long  wiftYd  for  fpring  is  come, 
How  altered  is  the  icene  ! 
The  trees  and  Ihrubs  are  dreft  in  bloom, 
The  earth  array M  in  green. 

a   Where'er  we  tread,  beneath  our  feet 
The  cluit'ring  flowers  fpring : 

The 


Hy.  33.  S  E  A  S  O  N  S.  183 

The  artful  birds,  in  concert  fweet  . 
Invite  our  hearts  tofing. 

4  But  ah  !   in    vain  I  ftrive  to  join, 

Opprefs'd  with  fin  and  doubt ; 
I  feel  'tis  winter  ftill,  within, 
Tho'  all  is  fpring  without. 

5  Oh!  would  my  Saviour  from  on  high, 

Break  thro'  thefe  clouds  and  ihine  ! 
No  creature  then  more  bleft  than  I, 
No  long  more  loud  than  mine. 

6  Till  then  —  no  foftly  warbling  thrufli, 

Nor  cov.  flip's  fweet  perfume  ; 
Nor  beauties  of  each  painted  bulb, 
Can  difhpate  my  gloom. 

7  To  Adam,  foon  as  he  tranfgrefs'd, 

Thus  Eden  bloom'd  in  vain; 

Not  paradife  could  give  him  reil, 

Or  footh  his  heart-felt  pain. 

8  Yet  here  an  emblem  I  perceive 

Of  what  the  Lord  can  do  ; 
Dear  Saviour  help  me  to  believe, 
That  I  may  flour  ifh  too. 

9  Thy  word  can  foon  my  hopes  revive, 

Can  overcome  my  foes : 
And  make  my  languid  graces  thrive 
And  bloflbm  like  the  rofe. 

XXXIII.     ^mthcr. 

1   T)  LEASING  fpring  again  is  here  ! 
Jl       Trees  and  fields  in  bloom  appear  ! 
Hark  !  the  birds,  with  artlefs  lays, 
Warble  their  Creator's  praife  ! 
Where,  in  winter,  all  was  fnow, 
Now  the  flow'rs  in  clufters  grow 

And 


l&4  SEASONS.  Bk.  II 

And  the  corn,  in  green  array, 
Promifes  aharveft-day. 

2  What  a  change  has  taken  place ! 
Emblem  of  the  fpring  of  grace; 
How  the  foul,  in  winter,  mourns 
Till  the  Lord,  the  fun  returns? 
Till  the  Spirit's  gentle  rain, 
Bids  the  heart  revive  again  ; 
Then  the  done  is  turned  to  flefh, 
And  each  grace  fprings  afreih. 

3  Lord,  afford  a  fpring  to  me  ! 
Let  me  feel  like  what  I  fee ; 
Ah  !  my  winter  has  been  long, 
Chill'd  my  hopes,  and  ftopp'd  my  fong  ! 
Winter  threatened  to  deftroy 

Faith  and  love,  and  evVy  joy  ; 

If  thy  life  was  in  the  root, 

Still  I  could  not  yield  thee  fruit. 

4  Speak,  and  by  thy  gracious  voice 
Make  my  drooping  foul  rejoice  ; 
O  beloved  Saviour,  hafte, 

Tell  me  all  the  ftorms  are  pad  : 
On  thy  garden  deign  to  fmile, 
Raife  the  plants,  enrich  the  foil; 
Soon  thy  prefer.ee  will  reftore 
Life,  to  what  feem'd  dead  before. 

5  Lord,  I  long  to  be  at  home, 
Where thefe  changes  never  come! 
Where  the  faints  no  winter  fear, 
Where  'tis  fpring  throughout  the  year: 
How  unlike  this  it  ate  below  ! 

There  the  flowVs  unwith'ring  blow; 
There  no  chilling  blafts  annoy, 
All  is  love,  and  bloom,  and  joy. 

XXXIV 


Hy.  34.  SEASOJS,  185 

XXXIV.     Summer  Storms.     (1) 

1  fTpHO'  the  morn  may  be  ferene, 

X     Not  a  threat'ning  cloud  be  feen ; 
Who  can  undertake  to  fay 
'Twill  be  pleafant  all  the  day? 
Tempefts  fuddenly  may  rife, 
Darknefs  overfpread  the  {kies! 
Light'nings  flafh  and  thunders  roar, 
Ere  a  ihort-liv'd  day  be  o'er. 

2  Often  thus,  the  child  of  grace> 
Enters  on  his  Chriftian  race  ; 
Guilt  and  fear  have  overborne. 
>Tis  with  him  a  fummer's  morn  ; 
While  his  new-felt  joys  abound, 
All  things  feem  to  fmile  around; 
And  he  hopes  it  will  be  fair, 

All  the  day,  and  all  the  year. 

3  Should  we  warn  him  of  a  change, 
He  would  think  the  caution  ftrange  ; 
He  no  change  or  trouble  fears, 

Till  the  gath'ring  florin  appears  (.2)  ; 
Till  dark  clouds  his  fun  conceal, 
Till  temptation's  pow'r  be  feel ; 
Then  he  trembles,  and  looks  pale, 
All  his  hopes  and  courage  fail. 

4  But  the  wonder-working  Lord, 
Sooths  the  lempeft  by  his  word ; 
Stills  the  thunder  Hops  the  rain, 
And  his  fun  breaks  forth  again  : 
Soon  the  cloud  again  returns, 
Now  he  joys,  and  now  he  mourns; 
Oft  his  iky  is  overcaft, 

Ere  the  day  of  life  be  paft. 

5  Try'd  believers  too  can  fay. 

In  the  cuurfe  of  one  fhort  day, 

O  2  The/ 

(1)  Cook  HI.  Hymn  6$.         ^(2)  Book  I.  Hymn  4* 


i86  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

Tho'  the  morning  has  been  fair, 
Prov'd  a  golden  hour  of  pray  >r ; 
Sin  and  Satan,  long  ere  night, 
Have  their  comforts  put  to  flight ; 
Ah!  what  heart-felt  peace  and  joy 
Unexpected  ftorms  deftroy. 

6  Deareft  Saviour,  call  us  foon 
To  thine  high  eternal  neon ; 
Never  there  mail  tempeft  rife 
To  conceal  thee  from  our  eyes  : 
Satan  mall  no  more  deceive, 
We  no  more  thy  Spirit  grieve ; 
But  thro'  cloudlefs,  endlefs  days, 
Sound,  to  golden  harps,  thy  praiie. 

XXXV.   Hay  time. 

i  JipHE   grafs  and  fiowVs,    which  clothe  the 
X  field, 

And  look  fo  green  and  gay  ; 
Touch'd  by  the  fey  the,  defencelefs  yield, 
And  fall,  and  fade  away. 

2  Fit  emblem  of  our  mortal  ftate  ! 

Thus  in  the  fcripture  glafs, 
The  young,  the  ftrong,  the  wife,  the  great, 
May  fee  themfelves  but  grafs  (i). 

3  Ah  !  truft  not  to  your  fleeting  breath, 

Nor  call  your  time  your  own  ; 
Around  you  fee  the  fcythe  of  death 
Is  mowing  thoufands  dow  n. 

4  And  you,  who  hitherto  are  fpar'd, 

Muit  mortly  yield  your  lives; 
Your  wifdora  is  to  be  prepared, 
Before  the  ftroke  arrives. 

5  The 

(i)  Ifaifch  xi.  7. 


Hy.  36.  SEASONS.  187 

5  The  grafs,  when  dead,  revives  no  more: 

You  die  to  live  again  ; 
But  oh!  if  death  fhould  prove  the  door 
To  everlafting  pain. 

6  Lord  help  us  to  obey  thy  call, 

That  from  our  (ins  fet  free  ; 
When,  like  grafs  our  bodies  fall, 
Oar  fouls  may  fpring  to  thee. 

XXXVI.     Harveft. 

1  qEE!  the  corn  again  in  ear! 

O   How  the  fields  and  vallies  fmile  ! 

Harveft  now  is  drawing  near, 

To  repay  the  farmer's  toil  : 

Gracious  Lord  ,  fecure  the  crop, 

Satisfy  the  poor  with  food  ; 

In  thy  mercy  is  our  hope, 

We  have  finn'd,  but  thou  art  good. 

2  While  I  view  the  plenteous  grain 
As  it  ripens  on  the  ftalk; 

May  I  not  inftruclion  gain, 

Helpful  to  my  daily  walk? 

All  this  plenty  of  the  field 

Was  produc'd  from  foreign  feeds; 

For  the  earth  itfelf  would  yield 

Only  crops  of  ufelefs  weeds. 

3  Tho'  when  newly  fown,  it  lay 
Hid  awhile  beneath  the  ground 
(Some  might  think  it  thrown  away) 
Now  a  large  increafe  is  found  : 
Tho'  conceal'd,  it  was  not  loft, 
Tho*  it  dy'd  it  lives  again  ; 
Eaftern  itorms,  and  nipping  frofts 
Have  oppos;d  its  growth  in  vain. 

4  Let 


i»8  SEASONS.  Bk.  II. 

4  Let  the  praife  be  all  the  Lord's, 
As  the  benefit  is  our's ! 

He  in  feafon  ftill  affords 
Kindly  heat,  and  gentle  fhovv'rs: 
By  his  care  the  produce  thrives, 
Waving  o'er  the  furrowed  lands; 
And  when  harveft-time  arrives, 
Ready  for  the  reaper  ftands. 

5  Thus  in  barren  hearts  he  fows 
Precious  feeds  of  heavenly  joy  (r)  ; 
Sin,  and  hell,  in  vainvoppofe, 
None  can  grace's  crop  deftroy  : 
Threaten  *d  oft,  tho*  ftill  it  blooms. 
After  many  changes  part, 

Death,  the  reaper,  when  he  comes,. 
Finds  it  fully  ripe  at  laft. 

CHRISTMAS. 

XXXVII.     Praife  for  the  Incarnation. 

i  QWEETER  founds  than  mufic  knows 
O  Charm  me  in  Emmanuel^  name ; 
All  her  hopes  my  fpirit  owes 

To  his  birth,  and  crofs,  and  ihame. 

2  When  he  came  the  angePs  fung, 

"  Glory  be  to  God  on  high;" 
Lord,  unloofe  my  ftamm'ring  tongue, 
Who  fhall  louder  fing  than  I  ? 

3  Did  the  Lord  a  man  become, 

That  he  might  the  law  fulfil, 
Bleed  and  fuffer  in  my  room, 

And  canit  thou,  my  tongue,  be  ftill? 

4  No,  I  muft  my  praifes  bring, 

Tho'  they  worthlefs  are  and  weak  i 


(i)  Hofca  xiv-  7.     Mark.  iv.  26 — %<}. 


Fen 


Hy.  89.  SEASONS.  198 

For  fhould  I  refufe  to  fing 

Sure  the  very  ftones  would  fpeak. 

5  O  my  Saviour,  Shield  and  Sun, 

Shepherd,  Brother,  Hufband,  Friend, 
Ev'ry  precious  name  in  one, 
I  will  love  tbee  without  end. 


XXXVIII.  (c)  JEHOVAH-JESUS. 

1  TV  yTY  fong  fhall  blefs  the  Lord  of  all, 
1VJL     My  praife  fhall  climb  to  his  abode; 
Thee,  Saviour,  by  that  name  I  call, 

The  great  Supreme,  the  mighty  God. 

2  Without  beginning  or  decline, 
ObjecT:  of  faith,  and  not  of  fenfe ; 
Eternal  ages  faw  him  mine, 

He  mines,  eternal  ages  hence. 

3  As  much,  when  in  the  manger  laid, 
Almighty  ruler  of  the  fky ; 

As  when  the  fix  days  work  he  made, 
Fill'd  all  the  morning-ftars  with  joy. 

4  Of  all  the  crowns  Jehovah  bears, 
Salvation  is  his  deareft  claim  ; 

That  gracious  found  well  pleas'd  he  hears, 
And  owns  Emmanuel  for  his  name. 

5  A  cheerful  confidence  I  feel, 

My  well-plac'd  hopes  with  joy  I  fee  : 
My  boibm  glows  with  heavenly  zeal 
To  worftiip  him  who  dy'd  for  me. 

6  As  man,  he  pities  my  complaint, 
His  pow'r  and  truth  are  all  divine  ; 
He  will  not  fail,  he  cannot  faint, 
Salvation's  fure,  and  muft  be  mine. 

XXXLX 


190 


SEASONS.  Bk-  II. 


XXXIX.     Man  honoured  above  Jngtls . 

1  T^TOW  let  us  join  with  hearts  and  tongues, 
X\l      And  emulate  the  angels'  fongs; 
Yea,  Tinners  may  addrefs  their  King, 

In  fongs  that  angels  cannot  iing. 

2  They  praifethe  Lamb  who  once  was  (lain, 
But  we  can  add  a  higher  ftrain  (i)  •, 
Not  only  lay,  "  He  fufFered  thus/' 

But  that  he  fuffer'd  all  for  us. 

3  When  angels  by  tranfgreflion  fell, 
Juftice  confin'd  them  all  to  hell  ; 
But  mercy  form'd  a  wond'rous  plan, 
To  fave  and  honour  fallen  man. 

4  Jesus,  who  pa fs'd  the  angels  by  (2) 
Afium'd  our  flefh  to  bleed  and  die; 
And  ftill  he  makes  it  his  abode, 

As  man  he  fills  the  throne  of  God. 

5  Our  next  of  kin,  our  brother  now, 
Is  he  to  whom  the  angels  bow  ; 
They  join  with  us  to  praife  his  name, 
But  we  the  neareft  intVell  claim. 

6  But  ah  !  how  faint  our  praifes  rife  ! 
Sure,  'tis  the  wonder  of  the  fkies  ; 
That  we  who  (hare  his  richeft  love, 

So  cold  and  unconcern'd  fhould  prove. 

7  Oh  glorious  hour,  it  come  w  ith  fpeed  ! 
When  we  from  fin  darknefs  freed, 
Shall  fee  the  God  whody'd  for  man, 
And  praife  him  more  than  angels  can  (3). 

XL.     Saturday  Evening. 

1    QAFELY  thro'  another  week 

O      God    has  brought  us  en  cur  way  ; 

Let 

Rev.      v.        (2)  Hcb   ii.  16.  (3)  Ecck  III.  Hymn  8S^ 


Hy.  41.  SEASONS.  191 

Let  us  now  a  bleffing  feek, 

On  th'  approaching  fabbath-day: 
Day  of  all  the  week  the  beft  ; 
Emblem  of  eternal  reft. 

2  Mercies  multiply  fA  each  hour, 

Tho'    the  week  our  praife  demand  ; 
Guarded  by  Almighty  pow'r, 
Fed  and  guided  by  his  hand  : 
Tho'  ungrateful  we  have  been, 
Only  made  returns  of  (in. 

3  While  we  pray  for  pard'ning  grace, 

Thro*  the  dear  Redeemer's  name  j 
Shew  thy  reconciled  face, 

Shine  away  our  fin  and  fliame  : 
From  our  worldly  care  fet  free, 
May  we  reft  this  night  with  thee. 

4  When  the  morn  fhall  bid  us  rife, 

May  we  feel  thy  prefence  near; 
May  thy  glory  meet  our  eyes, 
When  we  in  thy  houfe  appear! 
There  affords  us,  Lord,  a  tafte, 
Of  our  everlafting  feaft. 

5  May  the  gofpel's  joyful  found 

Conquer  tinners,  comfort  faints; 
Make  the  fruits  of  grace  abound. 

Bring  relief  for  all  complaints 

Thus  may  all  our  fabbaths  prove 
Till  we  join  the  church  above  ! 

THE  CLOSE  OF  THE  *  EAR. 


XLI.     EBENEZER.         (j). 


T 


HE  Lord,  our  falvation  and  light, 
The  guide  and  the  ftrength  of  our  days  < 

Has 

£l)  I  Sam.  vii.  13. 


102 


SEASONS.  Bk.  IL 

Has  brought  us  together  to-night, 
A  new  Ebenezer  to  raife  : 
The  year  we  have  nowpafled  thro' 
Hisgoodnefs  with  blefTIngs  has  crown'd 
Each  morning  his  mercies  were  new, 
Then  let  our  thankfgiving  abound. 

2  Encompafs'd  with  dangers  and  fnares, 
Temptations,  and  fears,  and  complaints  ; 
His  ear  he  inclined  to  our  pray'rs, 

His  hand  open'd  wide  to  our  wants : 
We  never  befought  him  in  vain, 
When  burdened  with  forrow  or  fin, 
Hehelp'd  us  again  and  again, 
Or  where  before  now  had  we  been  ? 

3  His  gofpel,  throughout  the  long  year, 
From  fabbathto  fabbath  he  gave; 
How  oft  has  he  met  with  us  here 
And  (hewn  himfelf  mighty  to  fave  ? 
His  candleftick  has  been  removed 
From  churches  once  privileg'd  thus; 
But  tho'  we  unworthy  have  prov'd 
It  ftill  is  continu'd  to  us. 

4  For  fo  many  mercies  received, 
Alas  I  what  returns  have  we  made? 
His  fpirit  we  often  have  griev'd, 
And  evil  for  good  have  repaid  : 
How  well  it  becomes  us  to  cry, 

4C  Oh,  who  is  a  God  like  to  thee? 

Who  paflelt  iniquities  by, 

And  plungeft  them  deep  in  the  fea  l" 

5  To  Jesus  who  fits  on  the  throne, 
Our  beft  hallelujahs  we  bring  ; 
To  thee  it  is  owing  alone, 

That  we  are  permitted  to  fuig : 

AfliA 


Hy.  42.  SEASONS.  ,93 

Afliftus,  we  pray,  to  lament 
The  fins  of  the  year  that  is  part  ; 
And  grant  that  the  next  may  be  fpent 
Far  more  to  thy  praife  than  the  laft. 

XLII.     Another. 

1  y    ET  hearts  and  tongues  unite 

1  j  And  loud  thankfgivings  raife; 
?Tis  duty,  mingled  with  delight, 
To  fing  the  Saviour's  praife. 

2  To  him  we  owe  our  breath. 
He  took  us  from  the  womb, 

Which  elfe  had  fliut  us  up  in  death, 
And  prov'd  an  early  tomb. 

2       When  oiv  the  breaft  we  hung 
Our  help  was  in  the  Lord; 
>Twas  he  firft  taught  our  infant  tongue 
To  form  the  lifping  word. 

i       When  in  our  blood  we  lay 
He  would  not  let  us  die, 
Becaufe  his  love  had  fix'd  a  day 
To  bring  falvation  nigh. 

5  In  childhood  and  in  youth 
His  eye  was  on  us  (till  ; 

Tho*  ftrangers  to  his  love  and  truth, 
And  prone  to  crofs  his  will. 

6  And  fince  his  name  we  knew, 
How  gracious  has  he  been  : 

What  dangers  has  he  led  us  thro', 
What  mercies  have  we  feen  ? 

7  Now  thro'  another  year 
Supported  by  his  care  ; 

We  raife  our  Ebenezer  here, 

"  The  Lord  has  help'd  thus  far." 

R  8  Ouf 


i94  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  II. 

8  Our  lot  in  future  years, 
Unable  to  forefee ; 

He  kindly,  to  prevent  our  fears, 
Says,  "  Leave  it  all  to  me." 

9  Yea  Lord,  we  wifli  to  caft 
Our  cares  upon  thy  bread ! 

Help  us  to  praife  thee  for  the  pad, 
And  truft  thee  for  the  reft. 


II.     ORDINANCES, 

XLIII.  On  opening  a  Place  for  foetal  prayer. 

1  f~*\  Lord,  our  languid  foul's  infpire, 
V/     For  here,  we  truft,  thou  art ! 
Send  down  a  coal  of  heav'nly  fire, 

To  warm  each  waiting  heart. 

2  Dear  Shepherd  of  thy  people,  hear, 

Thy  prefence  now  difplay; 
As  thou  haft  giv'n  a  place  for  prayV, 
So  give  us  hearts  to  pray. 

3  Shew  us  foine  token  of  thy  love, 

Our  faintnig  hope  to  raife  ; 
And  pour  thy  blefTing  from  above, 
That  we  may  render  praife. 

4  Within  thefe  walls  let  holy  praife, 

And  love,  and  concord  dwell ; 
Here  give  the  troubled  confeience  eafe 
The  wounded  fpirit  heal. 

5  The  feeling  heart,  the  melting  eye, 

The  humble  mind  beftow  ; 

And  fhine  upon  us  from  on  high, 

To  make  our  graces  grow  ! 

6  May  we  in  faith  receive  thy  word, 

In  faith  prefent  our  pray'rs ; 


And, 


Hy.  44.        ORDINANCES.  195 

And,  in  the  prefence  of  our  Lord; 
Unbofom  all  our  cares. 

7  And  may  the  gofpel's  joyful  found, 
Enforc'd  by  mighty  grace, 
Awaken  m«&y  finners  round, 
To  come  and  fill  the  place. 

XLIV.     (c)     Jmtkr*. 

*-   TESUS,  where'er  thy  people  meet,, 
Jf    There  they  behold  thy  mercy-feat; 
Where'er  tbey  feek  thee  thou  arc  fount!, 
And  evYy  place  is  hallowed  ground. 

2  For  thru,  within  no  walls  confined, 
Inhabited  the  humble  mind  ; 

Such  ever  bring  thee,  where  they  come, 
And  going,  take  thee  to  their  home. 

3  Dear  Shepherd  of  thy  chofen  few  ! 
Thy  former  mercies  here  renew  ; 
Here,  to  our  waiting  hearts,  proclaim 
The  fweetnefs  of  thy  faving  name. 

4  Here  may  we  prove  the  power  of  pray  V, 
To  ftrengthen  faith  and  fweeten  care  ; 
To  teach  our  faint  defires  to  rife, 

And  bring  all  heaven  before  our  eyes. 

5  Behold  at  thy  commanding  word, 

We  ftretch  the  curtain  and  the  cord  (1) ; 
Come  thou,  and  fill  this  wider  fpace, 
And  blefs  us  with  a  large  increafe. 

6  Lord,  we  are  few,  but  thou  art  near; 
Nor  ihort  thine  3rm  nor  deaf  thine  ear; 
Oh  rend  the  heav'ns,  come  quickly  down, 
And  make  a  thoufand  hearts  thine  own  ! 

XLV 

(1)  Ifaiah  liv.  2. 


i£6  ORDINANCES.        Bk.  IE 

XLV.     The  Lord's  Day. 

HOW  welcome  to  the  faints,    when  prefs'd 
With  fix  clays  noife.  and  care,  and  toil, 
3  s  the  returning  day  of  reft, 
Which  hides  them  from  the  world  awhile? 

:   Now  from  the  throng  withdrawn  away, 
They  feem  to  breathe  a  different  air; 
Composed  and  foften'd  by  the  day, 
All  things  another  afpeft  wear. 

3  How  happy  if  their  lot  is  caft, 
Where  itately  the  gofpel  founds! 
The  word  is  honey  to  their  tafte, 
-Renews  their  ftrength,  and  heals  their  wouridf 

4  Tho'  pinchM  with  poverty  at  home, 
With  (harp  affliction  daily  fed  ; 
It  makes  amends^  if  they  can  come 
To  God's  own  houfe  for  heav'nly  bread! 

^  With  joy  they  haften  to  the  place, 

Where  they  their  Saviour  oft  have  met; 
And  while  they  feaft  upon  his  grace, 
Their  burdens  and  their  griefs  forget. 

6  This  favour'd  lot,  my  friends,  is  ours. 
May  we  the  privilege  improve; 
And  find  thefe  confecrated  hours, 
Sweet  earn  efts  of  the  joys  above  ! 

?  We  thank  thee   for  thy  day,  O  Lord, 
Here  we  thy  promis'd  preience  feek ; 
Open  thine  hand  with  blc flings  ftord, 
And  give  us  manna  for  the  week. 


o 


XL VI.     Co/pel  Privileges. 

Happy  they  who  know  the  Lord, 
With  whom  he  deigns  to  dwell  J 

He 


Hy.  47.         ORDINANCES. 

He  feeds  and  cheers  them  by  his  word, 
His  arm  fupports  them  well. 

2  To  them,  in  each  diftrefilng  hour, 

His  throne  of  grace  is  near  ; 
And  when  they  plead  his  love  and  pow?r. 
He  ftands  engaged  to  hear. 

3  He  help'd  his  faints  in  ancient  days, 

Whotrufted  in  his  name; 
And  we  can  witnefs  to  his  praife  ; 
His  love  is  (till  the  fame. 

4  WandVing  in  fin,  our  fouls  he  founcL 

And  bid  us  feek  his  face  ; 
Gave  us  to  hear  the  gofpel  found, 
And  tafte  the  gofpel  grace. 

5  Oft  in  his  houfe  his  glory  mines 

Before  our  wondering  eyes; 
We  wifh  not,  then,  for  golden  mines,. 
Or  ought  beneath  the  Ikies. 

6  His  prefence  fweetens  all  our  cares, 

And  makes  our  burdens  light  ; 

A  word  from  him  difpels  our  fears, 

And  gilds  the  gloom  of  night. 

7  Lord,  we  expect  to  fufTerhere, 

Nor  would  we  dare  repine; 
But  give  us  itill,  to  find  thee  near^ . 
And  own  us,  {till,  for  thine. 

S  Let  us  enjoy,  and  highly  prize 
Theie  tokens  of  thy  love  : 
Till  thou  (halt  bid  our  fpirits  rife, 
Toworfljip  thee  above. 


197 


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XLVII.     Amther. 

APPY  ;ire  they  to  whom  the  Lord, 
His  gracious  Name  makes  known  ! 


i98  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  II. 

And  by  his  Spirit,  and  his  word; 
Adopts  them  for  his  own  ! 

2  He  calls  thern  to  his  mercy-feat, 

And  hears  their  humble  pr: 
And  when  within  his  houfe  they  meet, 
They  find  his  prefence  near. 

3  The  force  of  their  united  cries 

Xo  pow'r  can  long  withftar.d ; 
For  Jesus  helps  them  from  the  Ikies, 
By  his  Almighty  hand. 

4  Then  mountains  fink  at  once  to  plains, 

And  light  from  darknefs  fprings  : 
Each  feeming  lofs  improves  their  gains, 
Each  trouble  comfort  brings. 

o 

5  Tho'  men  defpife  them,  or  revile, 

They  count  the  trial  fmall ; 
Whoever  frowns,  if  Jesus  frnile, 
It  makes  amends  for  alL 

6  Tho'  meanly  clad,  and  coarfely  fed, 

And,  like  their  Saviour,  poor  ; 
They  would  not  change  their  gofpel  bread 
For  all  the  worldling's  ftore. 

7  When  chear  J  with  faith's  fublimer  joys, 

They  mount  en  e; .  gs ; 

They  candifdain,  as  children's  toys, 
The  pride  and  pomp  of  kir  _ 

8  Dear  Lord,  afiift  our  fouls  to 

The  debt  of  praife  we  owe  ; 
That  we  enjoy  a  gofpel  day, 
And  heav'n  begun  below. 

xlvui, 


Hy.49-  ORDINANCES.  i99 

XLVIII.  Praife  for  the  continuance  sfthe  Co/pel.  ( i ) 
kNCE,  while  we  aim'd  at Zion's  fongs, 


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A  Hidden  mourning  checked  our  tongues? 
Then  we  were  calPd  to  low  in  tears, 
The  feeds  of  joy  for  future  years, 

2  Oft  as  that  memorable  hour 

The  changing  year  brings  round  again  ; 
We  meet  to  praife  the  love  and  pow'r, 
Which  hear'd  our  cries,  and  eas'd  our  pain. 

3  Come,  ye  who  tremble  for  the  ark, 
Unite  in  praife  for  anfwer'd  pray'r  ! 
Did  not  the  Lord  ourforrows  mark? 
Did  not  our  iighing  reach  his  ear? 

4  Then  fmaller  griefs  were  laid  afide, 
And  all  our  cares  fum'd  up  in  one  ; 

"  Let  us  but  have  thy  word,  we  cry'd, 
In  other  things,  thy  will  be  done." 

5  Since  he  has  granted  our  requeft, 
And  we  ftill  hear  the  gofpel  voice ; 
Altho'  by  many  trials  preft, 

In  this  we  can  and  will  rejoice. 

6  Tho'  to  our  lot  temptations  fall, 
Th'o  pain  and  want,  and  cares  annoy; 
The  precious  gofpel  fweetens  all, 
And  yields  us  med'cine,  food,  and  joy. 

XLIX.      A  Famine  oftkewvrd. 

i   (^  LADNESS  was  fpread  thro'  IfraePs  hoft 
VJ      When  firft  they  Manna  viewed  ; 
They  labour'd  who  (hould  gather  moft, 
And  thought  it  pleafant  food. 

2  But 

(i)  Wherever  a  reparation  is  threatened  between  a  minifter 
and  people  who  dearly  love  each  other,  this  hymn  may  be  a* 
ieafonablc  as  it  was  once  in  Oiuey . 


200  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  IT. 

2  Bat  when  they  had  it  long  enjoy  \l, 

From  day  to  day,  the  lame ; 
Their  hearts  were  by  the  plenty  cloy'd, 
Altho'  from  heav'n  it  came. 

3  Thus  gofpel  bread  at  firft  is  priz'd, 

And  makes  a  people  glad  ; 
But  afterwards,  too  much  defpis'd  . 
When  eafy  to  be  had. 

4  But  mould  the  Lord,  difpleasM  withhold, 

The  bread  his  mercy  fends: 
To  have  our  houfes  fill'd  with  gold, 
Would  make  but  poor  amends. 

5  How  tedious  would  the  week  appear, 

How  dull  the  fabbath  prove  ; 

Could  we  no  longer  meet  to  hear 

The  precious  truths  we  love  ? 

6  How  would  believing  parents  bear 

To  leave  their  heedleis  youth. 
Expos.' d  to  ev'ry  fatal  fnare, 
Without  the  light  of  truth? 

7  The  gofpel,  and  a  praying  few, 

Our  bulwark  long  have  prov'd  ; 
But  Olnky  fure  the  day  will  rue,  . 
When  thefe  ilia.ll  be  removed. 

8  Then  fin,  in  this  once  favor'd  town, 

Will  triumph  unreftrain'd  ; 
And  wrath  and  vengeance  haften  down,  . 
No  more  by  pray'r  detained. 

9  Preferve  us  from  this  judgment,  Lord, 

For  Jesus'  fake  we  plead  ; 
A  famine  of  the  gofpel  word 
Would  be  a  ftroke  indeed ! 


Hr.  51.         ORD1  X  AXC  E  £ 

L.     Prayer  fir  M'mijrers. 

1  y^iHIEF  Shepherd  of  thy  chofen  fheep, 
V^     From  death  and  fin  let  free  ; 

ev'rv  unJer-fhepherd  keep 
His  eye,  intent  on  thee  ! 

2  With  plenteous  grace  their  hearts  prepare, 

To  execute  thy  will ; 
Compaflion,  patience,  love  and  care, 
And  faithfulnefs  and  ft 

3  Enflame  their  minds  with  holy  zeal, 

Their  flocks  to  feed  and  teach; 

And  let  them  live,  and  let  them  feel 

The  iacred  truths  they  preach. 

3    Oh,   never  let  the  fheep  complain, 
That  toys,  which  fools  amuie  ; 
Ambition,  pleafure,  praife  or  gain, 
Debafe  the  Shepherd's  views. 

5  He  that  for  thefe,  forbears  to  feed 

The  fouls  whom  Jesus  loves; 
Whatever   he  may  profefs,  or  plead, 
An  idle  fhepherd  proves  (1). 

6  The  fword  of  God  (hall  break  his  arm, 

A  bladfhall  blind  his  eye  ; 
His  word  (hall  have  no  pow'r  to  warm, 
His  gifts  ihall  all  grow  dry. 

2  O  Lord  avert  this  heavy  woe, 
Let  all  thy  fhepherds  : 
And  grace,  and  ftrength,  on  each  beflow^ 
To  labor  while  'tis  day. 

LI.     P 

1    QAVIOUR,  viiit  thy  plantation, 

O   Grant  us,  Loud,  a  gracious  rain  ! 

(i)    Zcdiaraiah,   ix    i". 


*02  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  IE 

All  will  come  to  defolation, 
^  Unlefs  thou  return  again: 
Keep  no  longer  at  a  diitance  ; 

Shine  upon  us  from  on  high  ; 
Left,  for  want  of  thine  affiftance, 

Ev'ry  plant  mould  droop  and  die. 

2  Surely,  once  thy  garden  flourifrYd, 

EvVy  part  look'd  gay  and  g£g©R  r 
Then  thy  word  our  {pints  nourilh'd, 

Happy  ieafons  we  have  feen! 
But  a  drought  has  fince  fucceeded, 

And  a  fad  decline  we  fee  ; 
Lord,  thy  help  is  greatly  needed,, 

Help  can  only  come  from  thee* 

3  Where  are  thofe  we  counted  leaders, 

Fill'd  with  zeal,  and  love,  and  truth? 
Old  profefibrs,  tall  as  cedars, 

Bright  examples  to  our  youth  ! 
Some,  in  whom  we  once  delighted, 

We  fhall  meet  no  more  below, 
Some,  alas  !  we  fear  are  blighted, 

Scarce  a  fingle  leaf  they  fhow. 

4  Younger  plants — the  fight  how  pleafant, 

Covered  thick  with  bloffoms  flood  ; 
But  they  caufe  us  grief  at  prefent, 

Frofts  have  nipped  them  in  their  bud  ! 
Deareft  Saviour,  haften  hither, 

Thou  canft  make  them  bloom  again ; 
Oh,  permit  them  not  to  wither, 

Let  not  all  our  hopes  be  vain! 

5  Let  our  mutual  love  be  fervent, 

.  Make  us  prevalent  in  pray'rs; 
Let  each  one  efteern'd  thy  fervant, 
Shun  the  world's  bewitching  fnares.: 

Break 


Br.  J  ORDIXAXCES. 

Break  thetempter'b  fatal  power, 

Torn  the  (tony  heart  to  flefn; 
And  begin,  from  this  good  hour, 

To  revive  thy  work  afrelli, 

LI  I.     Hoping  for  a 

i    T%  XX  harp  u:nun'd,and  laid  afide, 

JLVX     (To  cheerful  hours  the  harp  belongs) 

My  cruel  foes,  infultii ig 

"  Come,  ling  us  one  of  Zion's  long- 

2  Alas!  when  tinners  blindly  bold, 
A:  Zion  feoff,  and  Zion's  K 

When  zeal  declines  and  love  grows  cold 
Is  it  a  day  for  me  to  ling? 

3  Time  was,  wherrer  the  faints  I  met, 

::h  joy  and  praife  my  bolbm  giow'd  : 
But  now,  like  Eli,  fad  I  fit, 
And  tremble  for  the  ark  of  God. 

4  While  thus  to  grief  my  foul  gave  v. 
To  fee  the  work  of  God  decline, 

thought  I  heard  my  Saviour  fay, 
"  Difmifs  thy  fears,  the  ark  is  mine. 

5  "  Tho'  for  a  time  I  hide  my  face, 

Rely  upon  my  love  and  pow'r  : 
Still  wreftle  at  the  throne  of  grace, 
And  wait  for  a  reviving  hour, 

6  "  Take  down  thy  long  neglected  harp, 
Pve  feen  thy  tears,  and  hearV:  r, 
The  winter  :                        a  flnrp, 

But  fpring  fliall  all  its  waftes  repair." 

-  Lord,  I  obey,  my  hopes  re 

DC  join  with  me,  ye  faints,  and  ting  ; 
Our  foes  n  againtt  usitrive, 

ill  help  and  healing  brm-. 

SAC! 


2o4  ORDINANCES.  Bk.  II. 

SACRAMENTAL     HYMNS 

LIII.    (c)  Welcome  to  the  Tabic. 

i    f  I  1HIS  is  the  feaft  of  heavenly  wine, 
JL       And  God  invites  to  flip; 
The  juices  of  the  Living  vine, 
Were  prefs'd  to  "fill  the  cup, 

2  Oh,  blefs  the  Saviour,  ye  that  eat, 

With  royal  dainties  fed  : 
Notheav'n  affords  a  coftlier  treat. 
For  Jesus  is  the  bread  ! 

3  The  vile,  the  loft,  he  calls  to  them, 

Ye  trembling  fouls  appear  ! 
The  righteous  in  their  own  efleem, 
Have  no  acceptance  here. 

4  Approach  ye  poor,  nor  dare  refufe 

The  banquet  fpread  for  you ; 
Dear  Saviour,  this  is  welcome  news^ 
Then  I  may  venture  too. 

5  If  guilt  and  &n  afford  a  plea, 

And  may  obtain  a  place  ; 
Surely  the  Lord  will  welcome  me, 
And  I  fhall  fee  his  face. 

LIV.     Christ  crucified. 

1  X  T  7HEN  on  the  crofs,  my  Lord  I  fee 

V  Y       Bleeding  to  death  for  wretched  me  : 
Satan  and  fin  no  more  can  move, 
For  I  am  all  transform  Jd  to  love, 

2  His  thorns  and  nails,  pierce  thro'  my  heart, 
In  ev'ry  groan  I  bear  a  part; 

I  view  his  wounds  with  (treaming  eyes, 
Bin  fee !  he  bows  his  head  and  dies ! 

3  Come 


Hv.  55-         ORDINANCES.  iz5 

3  Come,  Tinners,  view  the  Lamb  of  God, 
Wounded  and  dead,  and  bath'd  in  blood  ! 
Behold  his  fide,  and  venture  near, 

The  well  of  endlefs  life  is  here. 

4  Here  I  forget  my  cares  and  pains ; 
I  drink,  yet  ftill  my  third  remains ; 
Only  the  fountain-head  above, 
Can  fatisfy  the  thirft  of  love. 

5  Oh,    that  I  thus  could  always  feel ! 
Lord,  more  and  more  thy  love  reveal ! 
Then  my  glad  tongue  fhall  loud  proclaim 
The  grace  and  glory  of  thy  name. 

6  Thy  name  difpels  my  guilt  and  fear, 
Revives  my  heart,  aud  charms  my  ear  $ 
Affords  a  balm  for  ev'ry  wound, 

And  Satan  trembles  at  the  found. 

LV.     (c)     Jesus  haftirtg  to  Suffer. 

i  'T"*HE  Saviour,  what  a  noble  flame 
JL       Was  kindled  in  his  breait, 

When  hading  to  Jerufaleru 
He  march'd  before  the  reft  ! 

2.  Good-will  to  men  and  zeal  for  God, 
His  ev'ry  thought  engrofs; 
He  longs  to  be  baptized  with  blood  (i) 
He  pants  to  reach  his  crofs. 

3  With  all  his  fuftVmgs  full  in  view, 

And  woes,  to  us,  unknown, 
Forth  to  the  talk  his  fpirit  flew, 
'Twas  love  that  urg'd  him  on. 

4  Lord,  we  return  thee  what  we  can  ! 

Our  hearts  (hall  found  abroad 
Salvation,   to  the  dying  Man, 
And  to  the  riflng  GoD  ! 

S  -  And 

(i)  Luke  xii.  jo*  ^ 


2o6  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  II. 

5  And  while  thy  bleeding  glories  here 
Engage  our  wondering  eyes; 
We  learn  our  lighter  crofs  to  bear, 
And  haften  to  the  ikies. 

LVI.     It  is  good  to  be  here. 
i   T     ET  me  dwell  on  Golgotha, 
X-J   Weep  and  love  my  life  away  ! 
While  I  fee  him  on  the  tree 
Weep  and  bleed,  and  die  for  me! 

2  That  dear  blood,  for  finners  fpilt, 
Shews  my  fin  in  all  its  guilt  : 
Ah,  my  foul,  he  bore  the  load, 
Thou  haft  flain  the  Lamb  of  God. 

3  Hark  !  his  dying  word,  "  Forgive, 
Father,  let  the  (inner  live  ; 
Sinner  wipe  thy  tears  away, 

I  thy  ranlbm  freely  pay." 

4  While  I  hear  this  grace  reveal'd, 
And  obtain  a  pardon  feal'd; 

All  my  foft  affections  move  ; 
Waken'd  by  the  force  of  love. 

5  Farewel  world,  thy  gold  is  drofs, 
Now  I  fee  the  bleeding  crofs ; 
Jesus  dy'd  to  fet  me  free 

From  the  law,  and  fin  and  thee  ! 

6  He  has  dearly  bought  my  foul, 
Lord,  accept,  and  claim  the  whole  ! 
To  thy  will  I  all  refign, 

Now,  no  more  my  own,  but  thine. 


■i 


LV1I     Looking  at  the  Crofs, 

N  evil  long  I  took  delight, 
(Jnavved  by  fhame  or  fear  ; 


Till 


Hy.  58.         ORDINANCES.  207 

Till  a  new  object  ftruck  my  fight, 
And  ftopp'd  my  wild  career. 

2,  I  faw  one  hanging  on  a  tree, 
In  agonies  and  blood  ; 
Who  fix'd  his  languid  eyes  on  me, 
As  near  his  crois  I  flood. 

3  Sure,  never  to  my  lateft  breath, 

Can  I  forget  that  look; 
It  feem'd  to  charge  me  with  his  death, 
Tho'  not  a  word  he  fpoke. 

4  My  confcience  felt,  and  own'd  the  guilt, 

And  plung'd  me  in  defpair  ; 
I  faw  my  fins  his  blood  hadfpilt, 
And  help'd  to  nail  him  there. 

5  Alas!  I  knew  not  what  I  didr 

But  now  my  tears  are  vain  ; 
Where  (hall  my  trembling  foul  be  hid? 
For  I  the  Lord  haveilain. 

6  A  fecond  look  he  gave,  which  faid, 

"  I  freely  all  Forgive  ; 
This  blood  is  for  thy  ranfom  paid  ; 
I'll  die,  that  thou  may'ft  live*" 

7  Thus,   while  his  death  my  fin  difplays, 

In  all  its  blacked  hue; 
(Such  is  the  myftery  of  grace) 
It  fealsmy  pardon  too. 

8  With  pleafing  grief  and  mournful  joy, 

My  fpirit  now  is  fill'd  ; 
That  I  mould  iuch  a  life  deftroy, 
Yet  live  by  him  1  kill'd. 


■w 


LVIII.     Supplies  In  the  Wilder  nefs. 

HEN  Ifrael  by  divine  command, 
The  pathlefs  defert  trcd, 

They 


lot  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  II. 

They  found,  tho'  'twas  a  barren  land, 
A  fure  refource  in   God. 

2  A  cloudy  pillar  mark'd  their  road, 

And  fcreen'd  them  from  the  heat ; 
From  the  hard  rocks  the  water  flow'd, 
And  Manna  was  their  meat. 

3  Like  them  we  have  a  reft  in  view, 

Secure  from  adverfe  powYs  : 
Like  them  we  pafs  a  defert  too ; 
But  Ifrael's  God  is  curs. 

4  Ye?,  in  this  barren  wildernefs, 

lie  is  to  us  the  fame 
By  his  appointed  means  of  grace, 
As  once  he  was  to  them. 

5  His  word  a  light  before  us  fpreads 

By  which  our  path  we  fee ; 
His  love  a  banner  o'er  our  heads, 
From  harm  preferves  us  free. 

6  Jesus  the  bread  of  life  is  giv'n 

To  be  our  daily  food  ; 
We  drink  a  wond'rous  dream  from  heaven, 
>Tis  water,  wine  and  blood. 

7  Lord,  'tis  enough,   I  afk  no  more, 

Thefe  blelhngs  are  divine  ; 
I  envy  not  the  worldling's  Itore, 
If  Chriit  and  heav'n  are  mine. 

LIX.      Communion  ivith  the  Saint  r  in  glory. 

i   "Q  EFRESHED  by  the  bread  and  wine, 
J£v.     The  pledges  of  our  Saviour's  love  ; 
Now  let  our  hearts  and  voices  join 
In  fongs  of  praife  with  thole  above. 

2  Do  they  fing,  u  Worthy  is  the  Lamb  ?'* 
Altho'  we  cannot  reach  their  drains, 

Yet 


Hv.  60.         ORDINANCES.  209 

Yet  we  thro'  grace,  can  (ing  the  fame. 
For  us  he  dy'd,  for  us  he  reigns. 

3  If  they  behold  him  face  to  face, 
While  we  a  gliropfecan  only  fee  ; 
Yet  equal  debtors  to  his  grace, 
As  fafe  and  as  belov'd  are  we. 

4  They  had,  like  us,  a  fuffering  time, 

Our  cares  and  fears,  and  griefs  they  knew  ; 
But  they  have  conquer'd  all  thro'  him, 
And  we,  ere  long,  fhall  conquer  too. 

5  Tho'  all  the  fongs  of  faints  in  lighf, 
Are  far  beneath  his  matchlefs  worth  : 
His  grace  is  Rich,  lie  will  not  flight 
The  poor  attempt  of  worms  on  earth. 

ON     PRAYER. 

LX.     (c)  Exhortation  to  Prayer. 

1  r  T  7HAT  various  hindrances  we  meet 
VV       I"  coming  to  a  mercy  feat ! 
Yet  who  that  knows  the  worih  of  pray'r 
But  willies  to  be  often  there. 

2  Pray'r  makes  the  darkened  cloud  withdraw^ 
Pray'r  climbs  the  ladder  Jacob  law  ; 
Gives  exercife  to  faith  and  love, 

Brings  ev'ry  blefling  from  above. 

3  Retraining  pray'r  we  ceafe  to  fight; 
Pray'r  makes  the  Christian's  armour    bright  ; 
And  Satan  trembles,  when  he  fees 

The  weakelt  faint  upon  his  knees. 

4  While  Mofes Stood  with  arms  fpread  wide, 
Succefs  was  found  on  Iirael's  tide  (1) 

But  when  thro'  wearinefs  they  fail'd, 
That  moment  Amalek  prevail'd. 

S  2  5  Have 

ll)  Exod.xvii.  11.. 


aio  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  II. 

5  Have  you  no  words  ?  Ah,  think  again, 
Words  flow  apace  when  you  complain, 
And  fili  your  fellow-creatures  ear 
With  the  fad  tale  of  all  your  care. 

6  Were  half  the  breaih  thus  vainly  fpenr, 
To  heav'n  in  fupplication  fent  ; 

Your  cheerful  fbng  would  oft'ner  be, 

"  Hear  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  me." 

LXI.       Poiver  of  Prayer. 

1  TN  themfelves,  as  weak  as  worms, 
JL     How  can  poor  believers  (land, 
When  temptations,  foes  and  ftorms, 
Prefs  them  clofe  on  ev'ry  hand? 

2  Weak,  indeed,  they  feel  they  are, 
But  they  know  the  throne  of  grace ; 
And  the  God,  who  anfwers  pray  ?r 
Helps  them  when  they  feek  his  face. 

3  Tho'  the  Lord  awhile  delay, 
Succour  they  at  length  obtain  ; 

He  who  taught  their  hearts  to  pray. 
Will  not  let  them  cry  in  vain. 

4  Wreftlingpray'r  can  wonders  do, 
Bring  relief  in  deepeft  ftraits ; 
Pray'r  can  force  a  paflage  thro* 
Iron  bars  and  brazen  g<*tes. 

5  Hezekiah  on  his  knees, 
Proud  Myria's  hod  fubduM; 
And  when  fmiiten  with  difeafe, 
Had  his  fife  by  pray'r  renew 'd. 

6  Peter,  tho*  confined  and  chain  M, 
Pray'r  prevailed  and  brought  him  out;. 
When  Elijah  pra>  M  it  lain'd, 

After  three  long  years  of  drought. 

7  VV* 


Hv.  ORDI  X  A  N  at 

-    W-:  ;.-.-.  \  *f  .-.    V  v    :----.">  :-;.;-. 
Tint 

7::;  *    ••  c  't    r\.  ::-:      ...         .  :  :■:::. 

I  Fa  :::e  vonder*fae  baswroogh^ 

Let  as  now  our  pram 

And  by  fweet  experience  taught, 

Call  upon  him  while  we  hrc. 

OXTHESCRIPTURE. 
LXII       M  TbeBgltsmiglwytftbeWanL 
i   ^T^  s  i^on  the  uc: 

X         A 
Precepts  and  promifes  afford 
A  jht. 

glory  gilds  tbe  lacred  : 
like  the  fan  ; 
It  gives  a  light  toevery  age, 

Thchano  applies 

The  gr*. 
His  truths  upon  the  nations 

They  rife,  but  ne 

4  Let  everiafting  thanks  be  thine, 
For  fuch  a  bright  difplay, 
As  makes  a  world  of  darknefs  fliine 
ih  beams  of  he 

My  foul  rejoices  to  purfue 

^lory  breaks  upon  my  view 
lu  brighter  worlds  aK 

LX11L     TbcHmarimartprecismithi.n€'JJ. 
i  pRECIO 
X       Docs  the  word  of  God  a&r. 


2i2  ORDINANCES.         Bk.  II. 

All  I  want  for  life  cr  pleafure, 

Food  and  Med'cine,  Shield  and  Sword: 

Let  the  world  account  me  poor, 

Having  this  I  need  no  more. 

2  Food  to  which  the  world's  a  ftranger, 
Here  my  hungry  foul  enjoys; 

Of  excefs  there  is  no  danger, 
Tho'  it  fills,  it  never  cloys  : 

On  a  dying  Christ  I  feed, 

He  is  meat  and  drink  indeed  1 

3  When  my  faith  is  faint  and  fickfy, 
Or  when  Satan  wounds  my  mind, 
Cordials  to  revive  me  quickly, 
Healing  med'cines  here  I  findi 

To  the  promifes  I  flee, 
Each  affords  a  remedy. 

4  In  the  hour  of  dark  temptation 
Satan  cannot  make  me  yield; 
For  the  w  ord  of  confolation 
Is  to  me  a  mighty  fhield  : 

While  the  fcripture  truths  are  fure, 
From  his  malice  I'm  fecure. 

5  Vain  his  threats  to  overcome  me, 
When  I  take  the  Spirit's  Sword  ; 
Then  with  eafe  I  drive  him  from  me, 
Satan  trembles  at  the  word  : 

'Tis  a  Sword  for  conqueft  made 
Keen  the  edge,  and  ftrong  the  blade. 

6  Shall  I  envy  then  the  mifer, 
Doatingon  his  golden  ftore  ? 
Sure  I  am,  or  fhould  be  wifer, 
I  am  rich,  'tis  he  is  poor  : 

Jesus  gives  me  in  his  word, 

Food  and  Med'cine,  Shield  and  Sword.' 

HI.  PRO* 


Hy.  64.        PROVIDENCES.         213 

III.     PROVIDENCES. 

LXI V.  On  the  commencement  ofhzftilitiesin  America. 

1  r  I  THE  gathering  clotids,  with  afpect  dark 

A       A  riling  ftorm  prefage; 
Oh  to  be  hid  within  the  ark, 
And  fhelter^d  from  its  raae  ! 

o 

2  See  the  commflion'd  angel  frown  (1)  ? 

That  vial  in  his  hand, 
Fill'd  with  fierce  wrath  is  pouring  down 
Upon  our  guilty  land  ! 

3  Ye  faints  unite  in  wreftling  pray'r, 

If  yet  there  may  be  hope  ; 
Who  knows  but  mercy  yet  may  fparc, 
And  bid  the  angel  (lop  (2) ! 

4  Already  is  the  plague  begun  (3), 

And  fir'd  with  hoftile  rage, 
Brethren,  by  blood,  and  int'reft  one, 
With  brethren  now  engage. 

5  Peace  fpreads  her  wings,  prepar'd  for  flight, 

And  war  with  flaming  {'word, 
And  hafty  ftrikes  draws  nigh  to  fight 
The  battles  of  the  Lord. 

6  The  firft  alarm,  alas,  how  few, 

While  diftant  fee  in  to  hesr! 
But  they  will  hear  and  tremble  too 
When  God  (hill  fend  it  near. 

7  So  thunder  o'er  the  diftant  hills, 

Gives  but  a  murrnVmg  for. 
But   as  the  temped  fpreads,  it  fills 
And  fliakes  the  welkin  (4)  round. 

8  May  we,  at  leaft,  with  one  confent, 

Fall  low  before  the  throne  ; 

(1)  Rev.  x  (2)   iSam.xxiv.  |4 

Numb.  xvi.  46*         (4)   Firmament  or  Atmofphcre. 


214         PROVIDENCES.        Bk.  II. 

With  tears  the  nation's  fins  lament, 
The  churches,  and  our  own. 

9  The  humble  fouls  who  mourn  and  pray, 
The  Lord  approves  and  knows; 
His  mark  fecures  them  in  the  day 
When  vengeance  ftrikes  his  foes. 

FAST-DAY     HYMNS. 

LXV.  Confejfion  and  Prayer.     Dec.   13,  1776. 

1  i^\H  may  the  pow'r  which  melts  the  rock 
\J  Be  felt  by  all  aflembled  here  ! 

Or  elfe  our  fervice  will  but  mock 
The  God  who  we  profefs  to  fear ! 

2  Lord,  while  thy  judgments  (hake  the  land, 
Thy  people's  eyes  are  fix'd  on  thee ! 

We  own  thy  juit  uplifted  hand, 
Which  thoufands  cannot,  will  not  fee. 

3  How  long  haft  thou  beftow'd  thy  care 
Oa  this  indulged  ungrateful  fpot ; 
While  other  nations,  far  and  near, 
Have  envy'd  and  admir'd  our  lot. 

4  Here  pence  and  liberty  have  dwelt, 
The  glorious  gofpel  brightly  ihone ; 
And  eft  our  enemies  have  felt, 

That  God  has  made  our  caufe  his  own.  . 

5  But  ah  !  both,  heav'n  and  earth  have  heard 
Our  vile  requital  of  his  love! 

We,  whom  like  children  he  has  rear'd, 
Rebels  againft  his  goodnefs  prove  (1). 

6  His  grace  defpis'd,  his  pow'r  defy'd 
And  legions  of  the  blacked  crimes, 
Profanenefs,  riot,  lull,  and  pride, 

Are  figns  that  mai*k  the  prefent  times. 

7  The 

Ifaiah,  i.  Z* 


Hy.  66.        PROVIDENCES.        215 

7  The  Lord  difpleas'd,  has  rais'd  his  rod  ; 
Ah  where  are  now  the  faithful  few 
Who  tremble  for  the  ark  of  God, 

And  know  what  Ifrael  ought  to  do  (1)? 

8  Lord,  hear  thy  people  ev'ry  where, 
Who  meet  to  mourn  confefs  and  pray ; 
The  nation  and  thy  churches  fpare, 
And  let  thy  wrath  be  turn'd  away, 

LXVI.  MOSES  and  AM  ALE  K  (2). 
February  27,  1778. 

1  T  T  7HILE  Jofhua  led  the  armed  bands 

V  V         Of  Ifrael  forth  to  war  ; 
Mofes  apart  with  lifted  hands 
Engag'd  in  humble  pray'r. 

2  The  armed  bands  had  quickly  faiPd, 

And  perifh'd  in  the  fight ; 
If  Mofes>  pray'r  had  not  prevailed 
And  put  the  foes  to  flight. 

3  When  Mofes'  hands  thro'  weaknefs  dropped, 

The  warior's  fainted  too; 
Ifrael's  fuccefs  at  once  was  ftopp'd 
And  Am'lek  bolder  grew. 

4  A  people,  always  prone  to  boaft, 

Were  taught  by  this  fufpence, 
That  not  a  numVous  arm'd  holt, 
But  God  was  their  defence. 

5  We  now  of  fleets  and  armies  vaunt, 

And  mips  and  men  prepare, 
But  men  like  Mofes  moil  we  want. 
To  fave  the  (late  by  pray'r 

6  Yet  Lord,  we  hope  thou  hail  prepar'd 

A  hidden  few  to-day  ; 

The 
(1)   I  Ghron.  xii.  3Z.  (3)   Exod.  xvii    9. 


216         PROVIDENCES.         Bk.  II. 

(The  nation's  fecret  ftrength  and  guard) 
To  weep,  and  mourn,  and  pray. 

7  O  hear  their  pray'rs,  and  grant  us  aid, 
Bid  war  and  difcord  ceai'e; 
Heal  the  fad  breach  which  fin  has  made, 
And  blefs  us  all  with  peace* 

LXVII.     The  hiding  Place.     Feb.  10,  1779. 

1  PEE  the  gloomy  gathering  cloud 
iJ  Hanging  o'er  a  linful  land ! 
Sure  the  Lord  proclaims  aloud, 
Times  of  trouble  are  at  hand ; 
Happy  they  who,  love  his  name ! 
They  fhall  always  find  him  near; 
Tho^  the  earth  were  wrapped  in  flame, 
They  have  no  juft  caufe  for  fear. 

2  Hark  his  voice  in  accents  mild, 
(Oh,  how  comforting  and  fweet!) 
Speaks  to  ev'ry  humble  child, 
Pointing  out  a  fure  retreat! 

<f  Come,  and  in  my  chambers  hide  (1), 
To  my  faints  of  old  well  known  ; 
There  you  fafely  may  abide, 
Till  the  ftorm  be  overblown. 

3  "  You  have  only  to  repofe 

On  my  wifdom,  love,  and  care ; 
When  my  wrath  confumes  my  foes, 
Mercy  mail  my  children  fpare  ; 
While  they  peri  Hi  in  the  flood. 
You  that  bear  my  holy  mark  (2), 
Sprinkled  with  atoning  blood, 
Shall  be  fafe  within  the  ark." 

4  Sinners,  fee  the  ark  prepar'd  I 
Hafte  to  enter  while  there's  room  5 


Tho' 


(1)  Ifaiah  xxVi.  *o.  (1)  Ezekiel  ix.  4- 


Hy.68.         PROVIDENCES.  217 

Tho'  the  Lord  his  arm  has  bar'd, 
Mercy  (till  retards  your  doom  : 
Seek  him  while  there  yet  is  hope, 
Ere  the  day  of  grace  be  paft, 
Left  in  wrath  he  give  you  up, 
And  this  call  (hall  prove  your  laft. 

LXVIII.     On  the  Earthquake,  Sept.  8,  1775, 

1  \  LTHO'  on  mafly  pillars  built, 
X~Y  The  earth  has  lately  ihook; 
It  trembles  under  Britain's  guilt, 

Before  its  Maker's  look. 

2  Swift  as  the  (hock  amazement  fpreads, 

And  finners  tremble  too ; 
What  flight  can  fcreen  their  guilty  heads, 
If  earth  itfelf  purfue  ? 

3  But  mercy  fpar'd  us  while  it  warn'd 

The  (hock  is  felt  no  more  ; 
And  mercy,  now,  alas!  is  fcorn'd 
By  finners,  as  before. 

4  Butifthefe  warnings  prove  in  vain, 

Say,  finner,  can'ft  thou  tell, 
How  loon  the  earth  may  quake  again, 
And  open  wide  to  hell. 

5  Repent  before  the  judge  draws  nigh; 

Or  elfe  when  he  comes  down, 
Thou  wilt  in  vain  for  earthquakes  cry, 
To  hide  thee  from  his  frown  (1). 

6  But  happy  they  who  love  the  Lord, 

And  his  falvation  know  ; 
The  hope  that's  founded  on  his  word, 
No  change  can  overthrow. 

7  Should  the  deep-rooted  hills  be  hurl'd, 

And  plung'd  beneath  the  feas ; 

T  And 

(1)  Rct.  vi,  16. 


2i8       PROVIDENCES.  Bk.  II. 

And  ftrong  convulfions  fhake  the  world, 
Your  hearts  may  reft  in  peace. 

8  Jesus,  your  Shepherd,  Lord,  and  Chief, 
Shall  flielter  you  from  ill ; 
And  not  a  worm  nor  making  leaf 
Can  move,  but  at  his  will. 

LXIX.     On  the  Fire  at  Olneyy  Sept.  22,  1777* 

1  TT  7EARIED  by  day  with  toil  and  cares, 

W     How  welcome  is  the  peaceful  night, 
Sweet  deep  our  wafted  ftrength  repairs, 
And  fits  us  for  returning  light. 

2  Yet  when  our  eyes  in  fleep  are  clos'd, 
Our  reft  may  break  ere  well  begun; 
To  dangers  ev'ry  hour  expos'd. 

We  neither  can  forefee  nor  fhun. 

3  >Tis  of  the  Lord  that  we  can  fleep 
A  fingle  night  without  alarms ; 

His  eye  alone  our  lives  can  keep 
Secure  amidft  a  thoufand  harms. 

4  For  months  and  years  of  fafety  part, 
Ungrateful  we,  alas !  have  been  ; 
Tho'  patient  long,  he  fpoke  at  laft, 
And  bid  the  fire  rebuke  our  fin. 

5  The  fhout  of  fire  ?  a  dreadful  cry, 
Imprefs'd  each  heart  with  deep  difmay ; 
While  the  fierce  blaze  and  red'ning  Iky, 
Made  midnight  wear  the  face  of  day. 

6  The  throng  and  terror  who  can  fpeak  I 
The  various  founds  that  fill'd  the  air ! 
The  infant's  wail,  the  mother's  fhriek, 
The  voice  of  blafphemy  and  pray'r! 

7  But 


Hy.  70.        PROVIDENCES.         219 

7  But  pray'r  prevailed,  and  fav'd  the  town; 
The  few  who  lov'd  the  Saviour's  name, 
Were  heard,  and  mercy  hafted  down 

To  change  the  wind,  and  flop  the  flame. 

8  Oh,  may  that  night  be  ne'er  forgot ! 
Lord,  (till  increafe  thy  praying  few  ! 
Were  Olney  left  without  a  Lot, 
Ruin,  like  Sodom's  would  enfue. 

LXX.     A  Welcome  to  Chrifilan  Friends. 

1  JT  INDRED  in  Ch  fust,  for  his  dear  fake, 
J^     A  hearty  welcome  here  receive  ; 
May  we  together  now  partake 

The  joys  which  only  he  can  give  ! 

2  To  you  and  us  by  grace  'tis  giv'n, 

To  know  the  Saviour's  precious  name ; 
And  fhortly  we  fhall  meet  in  heav'n, 
Our  hope,  our  way,  our  end  the  fame. 

3  May  he,  by  whofe  kind  care  we  meet, 
Send  his  good  Spirit  from  above, 
Make  our  communications  fvveet, 

And  caufe  our  hearts  to  burn  with  love  1 

4  Forgotten  be  each  worldly  theme, 
When  Chriftiansfee  each  other  thus; 
We  only  wifh  to  fpeak  of  him, 
Wholiv'd  and  dy\J,  and  reigns  for  us. 

5  We'll  talk  of  all  he  did  and  faid, 
And  fuffer'd  for  us  here  below  ; 
The  path  he  mark'd  for  us  to  tread, 
And  what  he's  doing  for  us  now. 

6  Thus,  as  the  moments  pafs  away, 
We'll  love,  and  wonder,  and  adore  ; 
And  haften  on  the  glorious  day, 
When  we  fhall  meet  to  part  no  more. 

LXXL 


22o        PROVIDENCES.  Bk.II. 

LXXI.     At  Parting. 
S  the  fun's  enliv'ning  eye 


'A 


Shines  on  ev'ry  place  the  fame ; 
So  the  Lord,  is  always  nigh 
To  the  fouls  that  love  his  name. 

2  When  they  move  at  duty's  call, 
He  is  with  them  by  the  way; 
He  is  ever  with  them  all, 

Thofe  who  go,  and  thofe  who  ftay. 

3  From  his  holy  mercy-feat 
Nothing  can  their  fouls  confine; 
Still  in  Spirit  they  may  meet, 
And  in  fweet  communion  join. 

^4  For  a  feafon  call'd  to  part, 
Let  us  then  ourfelves  commend 
To  the  gracious  eye  and  heart 
Of  our  ever  prefent  Friend. 

5  Jesus,  hear  our  humble  pray  V 
Tender  ftiepherd  of  thy  ilieepi 
Let  thy  mercy  and  thy  care, 
All  our  fouls  in  fafety  keep. 

6  In  thy  ftrength  may  we  be  flrong, 
Sweeten  ev'ry  crofs  and  pain; 
Give  us,  if  we  live,  ere  long 
Here  to  meet  in  peace  again. 

7  Then  if  thou  thy  help  afford, 
Ebenezers  (hall  be  rear'd; 

And  our  fouls  fhall  prnife  the  Lord, 
Who  our  poor  petitions  heard. 


■i 


FUNERAL    HYMNS. 

LXXII.     On  the  Death  efa  Believer. 

N  vain  my  fancy  ftrives  to  paint 
The  moment  after  death  ; 

The 


Hy.  73-        PROVIDENCES.         221 

The  glories  that  furround  the  faints, 
When  yielding  up  their  breath. 

2  One  gentle  figh  their  fetters  breaks, 

We  fcarce  can  fay,  u  They're  gone!" 
Before  the  willing  fpirit  takes 
Her  mandon  near  the  throne. 

3  Faith  drives,  but  all  its  efforts  fail, 

To  trace  her  in  her  flight  : 
No  eye  can  pierce  within  the  veil 
Which  hides  that  world  of  light. 

4  Thus  much,  (and  this  is  all)  we  know, 

They  are  completely  blefl; 
Have  done  with  fin,  and  care,  and  woe, 
And  with  their  Saviour  reft. 

5  On  harps  of  Gold  they  praife  his  name, 

His  face  they  always  view  ; 
Then  let  us  followers  be  of  them, 
That  we  may  praife  him  too. 

6  Their  faith  and  patience,  love  and  zeal, 

Should  make  their  memVy  dear; 
And  Lord,  do  thou  the  pray'rs  fulfil, 
They  offer'd  for  us  here  I 

7  While  they  have  gain'd,  we  lofers  are 

We  mifs  them  day  by  day  ; 
But  thou  can'ft  ev'ry  breach  repair, 
And  wipe  our  tears  away. 

8  We  pray  as  in  Elilha's  cafe, 

When  great  Elijah  went  ; 
May  double  portions  of  thy  grace, 
To  us  who  (lay,  be  fent. 

LXXIil.     (c)  On  the  Death  of  a  Mimfitr, 

IS  Matter  taken  from  his  head, 
Elkha  faw  him  go  • 

X  %  Ajnd 


H 


222         PROVIDENCES.         Bk.  II. 

And  in  defponding  accents  faid, 
"  Ah,  what  mult  Ifrael  do  ?" 

2  But  he  forgot  the  Lord  who  lifts 

The  beggar  to  the  throne ; 
Nor  knew,  that  all  Elijah's  gifts 
Would  foon  be  made  his  own. 

3  What,  when  a  Paul  has  run  his  courfe, 

Or  when  Apollos  dies  ; 
Is  Ifrael  left  without  refource? 
And  have  we  no  lupplies? 

4  Yes,  while  the  dear  Redeemer  lives, 

We  have  a  boundlefs  (lore; 
And  (hall  be  fed  with  what  he  gives, 
Who  lives  for  evermore. 

LXX1V.     The  tolling  Bell. 

1  /^\FT  as  the  bell  with  folemn  tollr 
Vy    Speaks  the  departure  of  a  foul,. 
Let  each  one  afk  himfelf,  "  Am  I 
Prepared,  ihould  1  be  call'd  to  die?" 

2  Only  this  frail  and  fleeting  breath 
Preserves  me  from  the  jaws  of  death  5. 
Soon  as  it  fails,  at  once  Pin  gone, 
And  plung'd  into  a  world  unknown. 

3  Then,  leaving  all  I  lov'd  below, 
To  God's  tribunal  I  rcuft  go  ; 

Muft  hear  the  judge  pronounce  ray  fate^ 
And  fix  my  everlaiiing  ftate. 

4  But  conld  I  bear  to  hear  him  fay, 
"  Depart,  accurled,  far  away! 
With  Satan,  in  the  lowed  hell, 
Thou  art  forever  dcom'd  to  dwell. " 

5  Lord  Je<us!  help  me  now  to  flee,, 
And  feek  my  hope  alone  in  thee  y 

Apply 


Hy.  75.       PROVIDENCE  S.  223 

Apply  thy  blood,  thy  fpirit  give, 
Subdue  my  fin,  and  let  me  live. 

6  Then,  when  the  folemn  bell  I  hear, 
If  fav'd  from  guilt  I  need  not  fear ; 
Nor  would  the  thought  difireffingbe, 
Perhaps  it  next  may  toll  for  me. 

7  Rather  my  fpirit  would  rejoice, 

And  long,  and  wifh  to  hear  thy  voice  ; 
Glad  when  it  bids  me  earth  refign, 
Secure  of  heaven  if  thou  art  mine. 

LXXV.     Hope  beyond  the  Greece. 

3  TV  if  Y  foul,  this  curious  houfe  of  clav> 
1VJL    Thy  prefent  frail  abode, 
Muil  quickly  fall  to  worms  a  prey, 
And  thou,  return  to  God. 

2  Can'ft  thou,  by  faith,  furvey  with  joy, 

The  change  before  it  come  I 
And  fay,  "  L.et  death  this  houfe  deftrcy^ 
I  nave  a  heav'nly  home  !" 

3  The  Saviour  whom  I  then  mall  fee 

With  new  admiring  eyes, 
Already  has  prepar'd  for  me, 
A  manfion  in  the  Ikies  (1). 

4  I  feel  this  mud-wall'd  cottage  fhake, 

A  id  lo  »g  to  fee  it  fall ; 
That  1  my  willing  flight  may  take 
To  him  who  is  my  all. 

5  BurdenM  ind  groaning  then  no  more, 

My  refcu'd  foul  /hall  ling, 
As  up  the  mining  path  I  (bar, 

"  Death,  thou  haft  loft  thy  fling." 

6  Dcaa? 

(1)  %  Cor.  v.  1. 


224         PROVIDENCES.        Bk.  II. 

6  Dear  Saviour,  help  us  now  to  feek, 
And  know  thy  grace's  pow'r  ; 
That  we  may  all  this  language  fpeak, 
Before  the  dying  hour. 

LXXVI.     There  the  Weary  are  at  Reft. 

i   /COURAGE,  my  foul!  behold  the  prize, 
V>   The  Saviour's  love  provides; 
Eternal  life  beyond  the  ikies, 
For  all  whom  here  he  guides. 

2  The  wkked  ceafe  from  troubling  there^ 

The  weary  are  at  reft  (i)  ; 
Sorrow  and  fin,  and  pain  and  care, 
No  more  approach  the  bleft. 

3  A  wicked  world,  and  wicked  heart, 

With  Satan  now  are  join'd; 
Each  acts  a  too  fuccefsful  part 
In  harrafling  my  mind, 

4  In  conflict  with  this  threefold  troop, 

How  weary,   Lord,  ami! 

Did  not  thy  promife  bear  me  up, 

My  foul  muft  faint  and  die. 

5  But  fighting  in  my  Saviour's  llrength, 

Tho'  mighty  are  my  foes, 
I  Jhall  a  conqu'ror  be  at  length, 
O'er  all  that  can  oppofe. 

6  Then  why,  my  foul,  complain  or  fear? 

The  crown  of  glory  fee  \ 
The  more  I  toil  and  rhffer  here, 
The  fweeterreft  will  be. 


D 


LXXVIL     The  Day  tf  Judgment. 
AY  of  judgment  day  of  wonders  \ 
Hark!  the  trumpet's  awful  fpund, 

Loudex 
(i)  Job.  iii.  J 7. 


Hv.  77-        PROVIDENCES.  225 

Louder  than  a  thoufand  thunders, 
Shakes  the  van;  creation  round  \      [confound  I 
How  the  fummons  will  the  Tinners  heart 

2  See  the  Judge  our  nature  wearing, 
Cloth'd  in  majefty  divine  ; 

You  who  long  for  his  appearing, 
Then  (hall  fay,  This  God  js  mine!      [thine! 
Gracious  Saviour,  own  me  in  that  day  for 

3  At  his  call  the  ckad  awaken, 
Rife  to  life  from  earth  and  fea  ; 
All  the  powVs  of  nature  fhaken 

By  his  locks  prepare  to  flee  :  [thee  ! 

Carelefs  (inner,  what  will  then  become  of 

4  Horrors  pad  imagination 

Will  furprife  your  trembling  heart, 
When  you  hear  your  condemnation, 
"  Hence  accurfed  wretch,  depart !  ft^art." 

Thou  with  Satan  and  his  angels,  have  thy 

5  Satan,  who  now  tries  to  pleafe  you 
Left  you  timely  warning  take, 
When  that  word  is  part,  willfeize  you, 
Plunge  you  in  the  burning  lake  :  [ftjke. 

Think,  poor  finner,  thy  eternal  all's  at 

6  But  to  thofe  who  have  confefled, 
Lov'd  and  ferv'd  the  Lord  below; 
He  will  fay,  "  Come  near  ye  blefTed, 

See  the  kingdom  I  bettor  ;  [know, 

You  for  ever  ihall  my  love  and  glory 

7  Under  forrows  and  reproaches, 

May  this  thought  your  courage  raife  i 
Swiftly  God's  great  day  approaches, 
Sighs  (hall  then  be  chang'd  to  praife  :    [blaze. 
We  fliall  triumph  when  the  world  is  in  a 

Lxxvnr. 


126         PROVIDENCES.        Bk.  II. 

LXXVIII.     The  Day  of  the  Lord  (i). 

i   f~^  OD  with  one  piercing  glance  looks  thro' 
Vj  Creation's  wide  extended  frame  ; 
The  paft  and  future  in  his  view, 
And  days  and  ages  are  the  fame  (2) . 

2  Sinners  who  dare  provoke  his  face, 
Who  on  his  patience  long  prefume, 
And  trifle  out  his  day  of  grace, 
Will  find  he  has  a  day  of  doom. 

3  As  pangs  the  labVing  woman  feels, 
Or  as  the  thief,  in  midnight  fleep; 

So  comes  that  day;  for  which  the  wheels 
Of  time  their  ceafelefs  motion  keep  ! 

4  Hark!  from  the  iky,  the  trump  proclaims 
Jesus  the  Judge  approaching  nigh  1 
See,  the  creation  wrapt  in  flames, 

Firft  kindled  by  his  vengeful  eye  ! 

5  When  thus  the  mountains  melt  like  wax: 
When  earth,  and  air,  and  fea,  fhall  burn  : 
When  all  the  frame  of  nature  breaks, 
Poor  finner,  whither  wilt  thou  turn? 

6  The  puny  works  which  feeble  men 
Now  boaft,  or  covet,  or  admire  ; 

Their  pomp,  and  arts,  and  treafures,  then 
Shall  perifh  in  one  common  fire. 

7  Lord, fix  our  hearts  and  hopes  above  ! 
Since  all  below  to  ruin  tends : 

Here  may  we  trull,  obey,  and  love, 
And  there  be  found  amongit  thy  friends. 

LXXIX.     The  great  Tribunal  (3). 

I    TOHN  in  a  vifion,  faw  the  day 
J   When  the  Judge  will  haften  down ; 

Heaven 
(I)  Book  III.  Hymn  4.  (*)  *  Pet.  ill.  8— 10. 

(3)  Rev.  xx.  ix.  13. 


Ky.  79.        PROVIDENCES.         227 

Heav'n  and  earth  fhall  flee  away 
From  the  terror  of  his  frown  : 
Dead  and  living,  fmall  and  great, 
Raifed  from  the  earth  and  fea  ; 
At  his  bar  fhall  hear  their  fate, 
What  will  then  become  of  me? 

2  Can  I  bear  his  awful  looks? 
Shall  I  (land  in  judgment  then, 
When  I  fee  the  opened  books. 
Written  by  the  Almighty's  pen  ? 
If  he  to  remembrance  bring, 
And  expofe  to  public  view, 
Ev'ry  work  and  fecret  thing  ; 
Ah,  my  foul,  what  canft  thou  do? 

3  When  the  lift  (hall  be  produc'd 
Of  the  talents  I  enjoy'd  : 
Means  and  mercies,  how  abus'd ! 
Time  and  ftrength,  howmifemploy'di 
Confcience  then  compell'd  to  read, 
Muft  allow  the  charge  is  true  : 

Say,  my  foul,  what  canft  thou  plead 
In  that  hour,  what  wilt  thou  do? 

4  But  the  book  of  life  I  fee, 

May  my  name  be  written  there  ? 
Then  from  guilt  and  danger  free, 
Glad  PI1  meet  him  in  the  air  : 
That's  the  book  I  hope  to  plead, 
'Tis  the  gofpel  open'd  wide  : 
Lord,  1  am  a  wretch  indeed  I 
I  have  finned,  but  thou  haft  dy'd  ( 1). 

5  Now  my  foul  knows  what  to^Io; 
Thus  I  ihall  with  boldnefs  ftantl, 
Numbered  with  the  faithful  few, 
Own'd  and  fav'd,  atthy  right  hand  ; 
If  thou  help  a  feeble  worm 

To  believe  thy  promife  now ;  Jufticc 

(1)  Rom.viii.  34. 


228  CREATION.  Bk.  II. 

Juftice  will  at  laft  confirm 
What  thy  mercy  wrought  below. 


IV.     CREATION. 

LXXX.     The  old  and  New  Creation. 

i  f  I  ^HATwas  a  wonder-working  word 
X       Which  could  the  vaft  creation  raife ! 
Angels  attendant  on  their  Lord(i)  ; 
Admir'd  the  plan,  and  lung  his  praife. 

2  From  what  a  dark  and  fhapelefs  mafs, 
All  nature  fprang  at  his  command  ! 
Let  there  be  light,  and  light  their  was, 
And  fun,  and  ftars,  and  lea,  and  land. 

3  With  equal  fpeed  the  earth  and  feas, 
Their  mighty  Maker's  voice  obeyM ; 
Hefpake,  and  ftrait  the  plants  and  trees, 
And  birds  and  beafts,  and  man  were  made. 

4  But  man,  the  lord  and  crown  of  all, 
By  fin  his  honour  foon  defac'd  ; 

His  heart  (how  alter'd  fince  the  fall!) 
Is  dark,  deform'd,  and  void,  and  waite. 

5  The  new  creation  of  the  foul 

Does  now  nolefs  his  pow'r  difplay  (2) ; 
Than  when  he  form'd  the  mighty  whole, 
And  kindled  darknefs  into  day. 

6  Tho'  felf-cleftroy'd,  O  Lord,  we  are, 
Yet  let  us  feel  what  thou  canft  do  ; 
Thy  word  the  ruin  can  repair, 

And  all  our  hearts  create  anew. 

LXXXI. 
(1)  Job,  xxxviii.  7.  (2)  %  Cor.  iv.  6. 


Hy.  8r.  CREATION.  229 

LXXXI.     The  Book  of  Creation. 

1  rT^HE  book  of  nature  open  lies, 

jL     With  much  inflruction  ftor'd  ; 
But  till  the  Lord  anoints  our  eyes, 
We  cannot  read  a  word. 

2  Philofophers  have  por'd  m  vain, 

And  guefs'd  from  age  to  age  ; 
For  reaibn's  eye  could  ne'er  attain 
To  underftand  a  page. 

3  Tho'  to  each  ftar  they  give  a  name, 

Its  fize  and  motions  teach, 
The  truths  which  all  the  ftars  proclaim, 
Their  wifdom  cannot  reach. 

4  With  fkill  to  meafure  earth  and  fea, 

And  weigh  the  fubtle  air  ; 
They  cannot,  Lord,  difcover  thse, 
Tho'  prefent  ev'ry  where. 

5  The  knowledge  of  the  faints  excels 

The  wifdom  of  the  fchools  ; 
To  them  his  fecrets  Cod  reveals, 
Tho'  men  account  them  fools. 

6  To  them  the  fun  "and  (Urs- on  high 

The  flow'rs  that  paint  the  field  (1), 
And  all  the  artlefs  birds  that  fly, 
Divine  inilruclion  yield, 

j  The  creatures  on  their  fenfes  prefs, 
As  witnefles  to  prove 
Their  Saviour's  pow'r  and  faithfulnefs, 
His  providence  and  love. 

i  Thus  may  we  fludy  nature's  book, 
To  make  us  wife  indeed  ! 

u 

(1)  Matth.  vi  %i — 28. 


230  CREATION.  Bk.IL 

And  pity  thofe  who  only  look 
At  what  they  cannot  read  (i). 

LXXXII.     The  Rainbow. 

i  TT  7HEN  the  fun  with  cheerful  beams, 
VV       Smiles  upon  a  lowering  fky  j 
Soon  its  afpect  foften'd  feems, 
And  a  rainbow  meets  the  eye  : 
While  the  fky  remains  ferene, 
This  bright  arch  is  never  feen. 

2  Thus  the  Lord's  fupporting  pow'r 
Brighteft  to  his  faints  appears, 
When  afflictions  threatening  hour 
Fills  their  fky  with  clouds  and  fears  : 

He  can  wonders  then  perform, 
Paint  a  rainbow  on  the  florin  (2). 

3  All  their  graces  doubly  fhine, 
When  their  troubles  prefs  them  fore  ; 
And  the  promifes  divine 

Give  them  joys  unknown  before  : 
As  the  colours  of  the  bow, 
To  the  cloud  their  brightnefs  owe. 

4  Favour'd  John  a  rainbow  faw  (3) 
Circling  round  the  throne  above  ; 
Hence  the  faints  a  pledge  may  draw 
Of  unchanging  covenant  love  : 

Clouds  awhile  may  intervene, 
But  the  bow  will  ftill  be  feen. 

LXXXIII.      Thunder. 

1    tttHEN  a  black  o'erfpreading  cloud 
VV      Has  darken'd  all  the  air; 
And  peals  of  thunder  roaring  loud, 
Proclaim  the  tempeft  near. 

2  Then 
(1)  Rom.  i.  ao.        (a)  Gen.  ix  14.        (3)  Rev,  iv.  3. 


Hy.  84.  CREATION.  231 

2  Then  guilt  and  fear,  the  fruits  of  fin, 

The  finner  oft  purfue ; 
A  louder  ftorm  is  heard  within, 
And  conference  thunders  too. 

3  The  law  a  fiery  language  fpeaks, 

His  danger  he  perceives ; 

Like  Satan  who  his  ruin  feeks, 

He  trembles  and  believes. 

4  But  when  the  fky  ferene  appears, 

And  thunders  roll  no  more; 
He  foon  forgets  his  vows  and  fears, 
Juft  as  he  did  before. 

5  But  whither  ihall  the  finner  flee, 

When  nature's  mighty  frame, 
The  pond'rous  earth,  and  air,  and  fea  (1) 
Shall  all  diilblve  in  flame? 

6  Amazing  day  !  it  comes  apace! 

The  judge  is  halting  down  ! 

Will  Gilders  bear  to  fee  his  face, 

Or  (land  before  his  frown. 

7  Lord,  let  thy  mercy  find  a  way 

To  touch  each  ftubborn  heart  ; 
That  they  may  never  hear  thee  fay, 
"  Ye  curfed  ones  depart." 

8  Believers  you  may  well  rejoice  ! 

The  thunder's  loudeft  ftrains 
Should  be  to  you  a  welcome  voice, 
Tnac  tells  you,  "  Jesus  reigns  !" 

LXXXIV.     Lightning  in  the  Night. 
1      A      Glance  from  heav'n,  with  fweet  effect, 
X"V   Sometimes  my  penfive  fpirit  cheers; 
But  ere  I  can  my  thoughts  collect, 
As  fuddenly  it  difappears. 

2  So 

(i)   1   Pet.  iii.  10 


232  CREATION.  Bk.  II. 

2  So  lightning  in  the  gloom  of  night, 
Affords  a  momentary  day  ; 
Difcloling  objefts  full  in  fight, 
Which  foon  as  feen,  are  fnatch'd  away. 

3  Ah!  what  avail  thefe  pleafing  fcenes! 
They  do  but  aggravate  my  pain ; 
While  darknefs  quickly  intervenes, 
And  fwallows  up  my  joys  again. 

4  But  (hall  I  murmur  at  relief? 
Tho'  lliort,  it  was  a  precious  view; 
Sent  to  controul  my  unbelief, 

And  prove  that  what  I  read  is  true. 

5  The  lightning's  flam  did  not  create 
The  op'ning  prcfpeft  it  reveal'd ! 
But  only  lhew'd  the  real  flate 

Of  what  the  darknefs  had  conceaPd. 

6  Juft  fo,  we  by  a  glimpfe  difcern 
The  glorious  things  within  the  veil; 
That  when  in  darknefs  we  may  learn 
To  live  by  faith,  till  light  prevail. 

7  The  Lord's  great  day  will  foon  advance, 
Difperfing  all  the  fhades  of  night ; 
Then  we  no  more  fhall  need  a  glance, 
But  fee  by  an  eternal  light. 

LXXXV.    On  the  Eclipfe  of  the  Moon,   . 
July  30,  1776. 

t   r  I  MiE  moon  in  filver  glory  fhone, 
A     And  not  a  cloud  in  fight, 
When  fuddenly  a  (hade  begun 
To  intercept  her  light. 

£  How  faft  acrofs  her  orb  it  fpread, 
How  faft  her  light  withdrew; 

A  circle 


Hv.   85.  CREATION.  233 

A  circle,  ting'd  with  languid  red, 
Was  all  appearM  in  view. 

3  While  many  with  unmeaning  eye, 

Gaze  on  thy  works  in  vain  ; 
'     it  me  Lord,  that  I  may  try 
Inftruction  to  obtain. 

4  Fain  would  my  thankful  heart  and  lips 

Unite  in  praife  to  thee  ; 
And  meditate  on  thyeclipfe, 
In  fad  Gethfemane. 

5  Thy  people's  guilt,  a  heavy  load  ; 

ben  ftanding  in  their  room) 

Depriv'd  thee  of  the  light  of  God. 

And  fill'd  thy  foul  with  gloom. 

6  How  pun.  liples  move, 

Obedient  to  thy  will  ! 
Thusfliall  thy  faithfulneis  and  love, 
Thy  promifes  fulfil. 

7  Dark,  like  the  moon  without  the  fun, 

I  mourn  thy  abfence,  Lord  ! 
For  light  or  comfort  I  have  none, 
But  what  thy  beams  a.TcrJ. 

8  But  lo!  the  hour  draws  neara-pace, 

.  hen  changes  ihall  be  o'er  ; 
Then  I  fnall  1'te  thee  face  to  face, 
I'd  no  more. 

1  nr*HE  moon  hit  but  borrow'd  light, 

JL  id  feeble  ray  ; 

to  the  night, 

. 

2  No  du  th  her  beam  conveys, 

Tho'  pleating  to  behold;     *   . 

U  2  We 


234  CREATION.  Bk.   II, 

We  might  upon  her  brightness  gaze, 
Till  we  wer^ftarv'd  with  cold. 

3  Juft  fuch  is  all  the  light  toman, 

Which  reafon  can  impart; 
It  cannot  (hew  one  object  plain, 
Nor  warm  their  frozen  heart. 

4  Thus  moon-light  views  of  truth  divine 

To  many  fatal  prove; 
For  what  avail  in  gift's  to  ihine  ( i ) 
Without  a  fpark  of  love  ! 

5  The  gofpel,  like  the  fun  at  noon, 

Affords  a  glorious  light  ; 
Then  fallen  reaibn's  boalted  moon 
Appears  no  longer  bright. 

6  A  grace,  not  light  alone,  beftows 

But  adds  a  quickening  pow'r  ; 
The  defart  bloflbmslike  the  rofe  (2), 
And  fin  prevails  no  more. 

LXXXVII.     Tie  Sea   (3).' 

1  TF  for  a  time  the  air  be  calm, 

JL     Serene  and  imooth  the  lea  appears! 
And  (hews  no  danger  to  alarm 
The  unexperienced  landiman's  fears. 

2  But  if  the  temped  once  arife, 

The  faithlefs  water  fwells  and  raves  ; 
Irs  billows,  foaming  to  the  fkies, 
Difclofea  thoufand  threatening  graves. 

3  My  untry'd  heart  thus  feem'd  tome> 
(So  little  of  myfelf  J  knew) 
Smooth  as  thecalm  unruffled  fea, 
But  ah  !  it  proved  as  treacherous  too  ! 

4  The  peace,  of  which  Ihadatarte, 
When  JESUi  firf>  his  love  reveal'd  ; 

I  fondly 
(1)  I  Cor.  xiii.  1.  (2)  Iiaiahxxxv.   I.  (3)  Book  I.  Hymn  115. 


Hy.  88.  CREATION. 

I  fondly  hop'd  would  always  laft, 
Becaufe  my  foes  were  then  concealed. 

5  But  when  I  felt  the  tempter's  pow'r 
Roufe  my  corruptions  from  their  deep  i 
I  trembled  at  the  ftormy  hour 
And  faw  the  horrors  of  the  deep. 

on  preemption's  billows  borne, 
My  fpirit  feem'd  the  Lord  to  dare  ; 
Npw,  quick  as  thought,  a  fudden  tui 
Plung'd  me  in  gulphs  of  black  defpa 

^  LoRD,fave  me,  or  I  fink,  I  pray'd  ; 
He  heard,  and  bid  the  tempeft  ceafe ; 
The  angry  waves  his  word  obey 'J, 
And  all  my  fears  were  huuYd  to  peace, 

8  The  peace  is  his,  and  not  my  own, 
My  heart  (no  better  than  before) 
Is  (till  to  dreadful  changes  prone, 
Then  let  me  never  truit  it  more. 

LXXXVIH.    the  FI 

1  fT^HO'  f.nali  the  drops  of  falling 

X        If  one  be  lingly  view'd; 
Collected,  they  o'erfpread  the  plain, 
And  form  a  mighty  flood. 

2  The  houfe  it  meets  within  its  courfe, 

Should  not  be  built  on  clay  ; 
Lelt,  with  a  wild  reliitlefs  force, 
It  1  weep  the  whole  away. 

j  Tho'  for  a  while  it  feem'd  fecure  ; 
It  will  not  bear  the  mock  ; 
Unlefs  it  has  foundations  lure, 
And  (lands  upon  a  rock. 

4  Thus  finners  think  their  evil  deeds, 
Like  drops  of  rain,  are  fmall  j 


*35 


i36  CREATION.  Bk.  II. 

But  it  the  pow'r  of  thought  exceeds, 
To  count  the  fum  of  all. 

5  One  fin  can  raife,  tho'  fmall  it  feems 

A  flood  to  drown  the  foul; 
What  then,  when  countlefs  million's  ftreams 
Shall  join  to  fwell  the  whole. 

6  Yet,  while  they  think  the  weather  fair, 

If  warn'd  they  fmile  or  frown  ; 
But  they  will  tremble  and  defpair, 
When  the  fierce  flood  comes  down! 

7  Oh!   then  on  Jesus  ground  your  hope, 

That  ftone  in  Zion  laid  ( i)  ; 
Left  your  poor  building  quickly  drop, 
With  ruin,  on  your  head. 

LXXXIX.     The  Thaw. 

1  /"TT^HE  ice  and  fnow  we  lately  faw, 

X        Which  cover'd  all  the  ground  ; 
Are  melted  foon  before  the  thaw, 
And  can  no  more  be  found. 

2  Could  all  the  art  of  man  fuffice 

To  move  away  the  fnow, 
To  clear  the  rivers  from  the  ice, 
Or  make  the  waters  flow  ? 

3  No,  'tis  the  work  of  God  alone  $ 

An  emblem  of  the  pow'r 
By  which  he  melts  the  heart  of  ftone, 
In  his  appointed  hour. 

4  All  outward  means,  till  he  appears, 

W  ill  ineffectual  prove  ; 
Tho'  much  the  (inner  fees  and  hears, 
He  cannot  learn  to  love. 

5  But  let  the  (touted  (inner  feel 

The  foft'ning  warmth  of  grace; 


Tho? 


(i)  Matt.  vii.  24-  a  Peter  it    6. 


Hy.  90.  CREATION.  2j7 

Tho'  hard  as  ice,  or  rocks,  or  flee], 
His  heart  diffolves  apace. 

6  Seeing  the  blood  which  Jesus  fpilt, 

To  fave  his  foul  from  woe, 
His  hatred,  unbelief,  and  guilt, 
All  melt  asvay  like  fhow. 

7  Jesus,  we  in  thy  name  entreat, 

Reveal  thy  gracious  arm  ; 
And  grant  thy  Spirit's  kindly  heat, 
Our  frozen  hearts  to  warm. 

XC.     The  Load/lone. 

1  A   S  needles  point  towards  the  pole, 
X"V   When  touch'd  by  the  magnetic  ftone; 
So  faith  in  Jesus,  gives  the  foul 

A  tendency  before  unknown. 

2  Till  then,  by  blinded  paflions  led, 
In  fearch  of  fancy's  good  we  range  ; 
The  paths  of  disappointment  tread, 
To  nothing  fix'd,  but  love  of  change. 

3  But  when  the  Holy  Ghoft  imparts 
A  knowledge  of  the  Saviour's  love; 
Our  wand'ring,  weary,  reftlels  hearts, 
Are  fix'd  at  once,  no  more  to  move. 

4  Now  a  new  principle  takes  place, 
Which  guides  and  animates  the  will, 
This  love,  another  name  for  grace, 
Conftrains  to  good,  and  bars  from  ill. 

$  By  love's  pure  light  we  foon  perceive 
Our  nobleft  blifs  and  proper  end; 
And  gladly  ev'ry  idol  leave, 
To  love  and  ferve  our  Lord  and  Friend. 

6  Thus  borne  along  by  faith  and  hope, 
We  feel  the  Saviour's  words  arc  true  ; 

"  And 


«3$  CREATION.  Bk.  II. 

"And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up  (i) 
Will  draw  the  Tinner  upward  too." 

XCI.     The  Spider  and  Bee. 

i    /*~\N  the  fame  flowV  we  often  fee 
V-/    The  loathfome  fpider  and  the  bee; 
But  what  they  get  by  working  there, 
Is  different  as  their  natures  are. 

2  The  bee  a  fweet  reward  obtains, 
And  honey  well  repays  his  pains  ; 
Home  to  the  hive  he  bears  the  (lore, 
And  then  returns  in  queft  of  more. 

3  But  no  fweet  flow'rs  that  grace  the  field, 
Can  honey  to  the  fpider  yield; 

A  cobweb  all  that  he  can  ipin, 
And  poifon  all  the  (tores  within. 

4  Thus  in  that  facred  field  the  word, 

With  flow'rs  of  God's  own  planting  ftor'd, 
Like  bees  his  children  feed  and  thrive, 
And  bring  home  honey  to  the  hive. 

5  There  fpider-like,  the  wicked  come, 
And  feem  to  tafte  the  fweet  perfume  ; 
But  the  vile  venom  of  their  hearts, 
To  poifon  all  their  food  converts. 

6  From  the  fame  truths  believers  prize,. 
They  weave  vain  refuges  of  lies ; 
And  from  the  promife  licenfe  draw,. 
To  trifle  with  the  holy  law  ! 

7  Lord,  mall  thy  word  of  life  and  love, 
The  means  of  death  to  numbers  prove  ! 
Unlefs  thy  grace  our  hearts  renew  (2) 
We  fink  to  hell,  with  heav'n  in  view. 

xcir. 

(1)  John  xii    33.  (2)   Book  II.     Hymn  71. 


Hy.  92.  CREATIO  N.  239 

XC1I.     The  Bee  faved  from  the  Spider. 

1  rrViE  fubtle  fpider  often  weaves 

A       His  unfufpeded  fnares, 
Among  the  balmy  flow'rs  and  leaves. 
To  which  the  bee  repairs. 

2  When  in  his  web  he  fees  one  hang, 

With  a  malicious  joy, 
He  darts  upon  it  with  his  fang, 
To  poifon  and  deftroy. 

3  How  welcome  then,  fome  pitying  friend, 

To  fave  the  threaten'd  bee  ! 
The  fpider's  treach'rous  web  to  rend, 
And  fet  the  captive  free. 

4  My  foul  has  been  in  fuch  a  cafe, 

When  firit  I  knew  the  Lord, 
I  haded  to  the  means  of  grace, 

Where  fweeis  I  knew  were  dor'd. 

5  Little  I  thought  of  danger  near, 

That  foon  my  joys  would  ebb  ; 
But  ah  !   I  met  a  fpider  there, 
Who  caught  me  in  his  web. 

7  Then  Satan  rais'd  his  pois'nous  ding. 
And  aim'd  his  blows  at  me  ; 
While  J,    poor  helplefs  trembling   thing, 
Could  neither  fi^iu  nor  riee. 

7  But  oh  !    the  Saviour's  pitying  eve, 
Relieved  me  from  defpair; 
lie  faw  me  at  the  point  to  die 
And  broke  the  fatal  fnare. 

cafe  his  heedlefs  faints  mould  warn, 
Or  cheer  them  if  afraid  : 
May  you  from  me  your  danger  learn, 
And  where  to  look  for  aid. 

XCIII. 


*4°  CREATIO  N.  Bk.  II. 

XCIII.     The  tamed  Lion. 

I      A     Lion,  iho'  by  nature  wild, 
Xjl   The  art  of  man  can  tame  ; 
He  ftands  before  his  keeper,  mild, 
And  gentle  as  a  lamb. 

a  He  watches,  with  fubmiffive  eye, 
The  hand  that  gives  him  food; 
As  if  he  meant  to  teilify 
A  fenfe  of  gratitude. 

3  But  man  himfelf,  who  thus  fubdues, 

The  fierceit  beafts  of  prey, 
A  nature  more  unfeeling,  mews, 
And  far  more  fierce  than  they. 

4  Tho'  by  the  Lord  preferv'd  and  fed, 

He  proves  rebellious  ftill : 
And  while  he  eats  his  Maker's  bread, 
RefihVhis  holy  will. 

5  Alike  in  vain,  of  grace  that  faves, 

Or  threat'ning  law  he  hears: 
The  favage  looms,  blafphemes  and  raves, 
But  neither  loves  nor  fears. 

6  O  Saviour !  how  thy  wond'rous  pow'r 

By  angels  is  proclaim'd  ! 
When  in  thine  own  appointed  hour, 
They  fee  this  lion  tam'd. 

7  The  love  thy  bleeding  crofs  difplays, 

The  hardeft  heart  (ubdues; 
Here  furious  Lions  while  they  graze, 
Their  rage  and  fiercenefs  lole  (i). 

8  Yet  we  are  but  renew'd  in  part, 

The  Lion  {till  remains; 
Lord,  drive  him  wholly  from  my  heart, 
Or  keep  him  faft  in  chains. 

XC1V. 

(i)  Ifaiah,xi.9. 


Hy.  95-  CREATION.  141 

XCIV.     Sheep. 

1  r-p^HE  Saviour  calls  hh  people  flieep, 

A     And  bids  them  on  his  love  rely ; 
For  he  alone  their  fouls  can  keep, 
And  he  alone  their  wants  fupply. 

2  The  Bull  can  fight,  the  Hare  can  flee, 
The  Ant,  in  futnmer,  food  prepare; 
But  helplefs  fheep,  and  fuch  are  we, 
Depend  upon  the  Shepherd's  care. 

3  Jehovah  is  our  fhepherd's  name  (1). 
Then  what  have  we,  tho>  weak,  to  fear  i 
Our  fin  and  folly  we  proclaim, 

If  we  defpond  while  he  is  near. 

4  When  Satan  threatens  to  devour ; 
When  troubles  prefs  on  ev'ry  fide ; 
Think  of  our  fhepherd's  care  and  pow'r, 
He  can  defend,  he  will  provide. 

5  See  the  rich  paftures  of  his  grace, 
Where,  in  full  ftreams,  falvation  flows? 
There  he  appoints  our  refting  place, 
And  we  may  feed,  fecure  from  foes. 

6  There,  'midft  the  flock,   the  Shepherd  dwells, 
The  lheep  around  in  fafety  lie  ; 

The  wolf,  in  vain,  with  malice  fwells, 
For  he  protects  them  with  his  eye  (2) 

7  Dear  Lord,  if  I  am  one  of  thine, 
From  anxious  thoughts  I  would  be  free ; 
To  truft,  and  love,  and  praife,  is  mine, 
The  care  of  all  belongs  to  thee. 


■A 


XCV.      The  Garden. 

Garden  contemplation  fuits, 
And  may  inftruftion  yield, 

X  Sweeter 

(I)  Pfalm  xxiii.  I.  (2)  Micah  t.  4. 


242  CREATION.  Bk.  II. 

Sweeter  than  all  the  flow'rs  and  fruits 
With  which  the  fpot  is  fill'd. 

1  Eden  was  Adam's  dwelling-place, 
While  bled  with  innocence  ; 
But  fin  o'erwhelm'd  him  with  difgrace, 
And  drove  the  rebel  thence. 

3  Oft  as  the  garden-walk  we  tread, 

We  inouid  bemoan  his  fall  ; 
The  trefpafs  of  our  legal  head 
In  ruin  plung'd  us  all. 

4  The  garden  of  Gethfemane, 

The  fecond  Adam  faw, 
Opprefs'd  with  woe,  to  fet  us  free 
From  the  avenging  law. 

$  How  ftupid  we,  who  can  forget, 
With  gardens  in  our  fight. 
His  agonies  and  bloody  fweat, 
In  that  tremendous  night ! 

6  His  church  as  a  fair  garden  ftands, 

Which  walls  of  love  inclofe  : 
Each  tree  is  planted  by  his  hand  (i), 
And  by  his  blefling  grows. 

7  Believing  hearts  are  gardens  too, 

For  grace  has  fown  its  feeds ; 
Where  once,  by  nature,  nothing  grew 
But  thorns,  and  worthlefs  weedk 

8  Such  themes  to  thofe  who  Jesus  love, 

My  conftant  joys  afford 
And  make  a  barren  defert  prove 
The  garden  of  the  Lord. 

XCVI.     For  a  Garden-feat  or  Summer -houfe. 

Shelter  from  the  rain  or  wind  (2), 
A  (hade  from  fcorching  heat; 

A  rafting 
(1)  Ifaiah  brf.  %-  (*)  Ifaiahmii.*. 


'A 


Hy.  97.  CREATION.  243 

A  reding  place  you  here  may  find, 
To  eafe  your  weary  feet. 

2  Enter,  but  with  a  ferious  thought, 

Confider  who  is  near! 
This  is  a  confecrated  fpot, 
The  Lord  is  prefent  here! 

3  A  queftion  of  the  utmoft  weight , 

While  reading,  meets  your  eye; 
May  confidence  witnefs  to  your  ftate, 
And  give  a  true  reply  ! 

4  Is  Jesus  to  your  heart  reveal-d, 

As  full  of  truth  and  grace-? 
And  is  his  name  your  hope  and  fiiield, 
Your  reft  and  hiding  place  ? 

5  If  fo,  for  all  events  prepar'd, 

Whatever  ftorms  may  rife, 
He,  whom  you  love,  will  fafely  guard, 
And  guide  you  to  the  ikies 

6  No  burning  fun,  or  ftorm,  or  rain, 

Will  there  your  peace  annoy; 
No  fin,  temptation,  grief,  or  pain, 
Intrude  to  damp  your  joy. 

7  But  if  his  name  you  have  not  known, 

Oh,  feek  him  while  you  may  ! 
Left  you  mould  meet  his  awful  frown, 
In  that  approaching  day. 

8  When  the  avenging  Judge  you  fee, 

With  terrors  on  his  brow ; 
Where  can  you  hide,  or  whither  flee, 
If  you  reject  him  now  ? 

XCVII.     The  creatures  in  the  Lord's  Hands. 

I    'THHE  water  ftood  like  walls  of  brafs, 
X       To  let  the  fons  of  Ifrael  pais  ( 1), 

And 
(1)  Exod.  xiv.  %%. 


244  CREATION.  Bk.  II. 

And  from  the  rock  in  rivers  burft  (i), 
At  Mofes's  prayer  to  quench  their  thirft 

2  The  fire  reftrain'd  by  God's  commands, 
Could  only  burn  his  people's  bands  (2), 
Too  faint  when  he  was  with  them  therey 
To  finge  their  garments  or  their  hair. 

3  At  Daniel's  feet  the  Lions  lay  (3) 

Like  harmlefs  lambs,  nor  touched  their  prey,. 
And  Ravens  which  on  carrion  fed, 
Procur'd  Elijah  flefh  and  bread. 

4  Thus  creatures  only  can  fulfil 
Their  great  Creator's  holy  will; 
And  when  his  fervants  need  their  aid, 
His  purpofes  mult  be  obey'd. 

5  So  if  his  bleffing  he  refufe, 

Their  pow'r  to  help  they  quickly  lofe ; 
Sure  as  on  creatures  we  depend, 
Our  hopes  in  difappointment  end:. 

Then  let  us  truft  the  Lord  alone, 
And  creature-confidence  difown, 
Nor  if  they  threaten  need  we  fear, 
They  cannot  hurt  if  he  be  near. 

7    If  infiruments  of  pain  they  prove. 
Still  they  are  guided  by  his  love  ; 
As  lancets  by  the  fnrgeon's  (kill, 
Which  wound  to  cure,  and  not  to  kill. 

XCVI1I.     On  Dreaming. 
1    TT7HEN  (lumber  feals  our  weary  eyes, 
V V       The  bufy  fancy  wakeful  keeps ; 
The  fcenes  which  then  before  us  rife, 
Prove  fomething  in  us  never  fleeps. 


As 


(I)  Numb.  xx.  II.  (2)  Danieliii.  27. 

(3)  Daniel vi.  23. 


Hy.  99.  CREATION.  245 

2  As  in  another  world  we  feem, 
A  new  creation  of  our  own  ; 
All  appears  real,  tho'  a  dream, 
And  all  familiar,  tho'  unknown. 

3  Sometimes  the  mind  beholds  again 
The  paft  day's  bufinefs  in  review; 
Reftimes  thepleafure  or  the  pain, 
And  fometimes  all  we  meet  is  new. 

4  Whatfchemes  we  form,  what  pains  we  take  !    ! 
We  fight,  we  run,  we  fly,  we  fall, 

But  all  is  ended  when  we  wake, 
We  fcarcely  then  a  trace  recal. 

5  But  tho'  our  dreams  are  often  wild, 
Like  clouds  before  the  driving  florm  • 
Yet  fome  important  may  be  ftil'd, 
Sent  to  admoniih  or  inform. 

6  What  mighty  agents  have  accefs, 

What  friends  from  heav'n,  or  foes  from  hell, 
Our  minds  to  comfort  or  diftrefs, 
When  we  are  fleepjng,  who  can  tell. 

7  One  things  at  lea  ft,  and  ;tis  enough, 
We  learn  from-  this  furprifing  fad  ; 
Our  dreams  afford  fufficient  proof, 
The  foul,  without  the  flefh,  can  acT 

8  This  life,  which  mortals  (o  efteem, 
That  many  choofe  it  for  their  all, 
They  will  confefs,  was  but  a  dream 
When  -'waken'd  by  death's  awful  calL- 

XCIX.     The  IVorM; 

1   CEE,  the  world  for  youth  prepares, 
O   Harlot  like,  her  gaudy  fnaras 
Pleafure$;round  her  feem  to  wait* 
But  'tis  all  a  painted  cheat. 

X2  jjft 


246  CREATION.  Bk.  IL 

2  Rafli  and  unfufpecting  youth. 
Thinks  to  find  thee  ah  ctb, 
Always  kind,  till  better  taught, 

By  experience  dearly  bought. 

3  So  the  calm,  but  faithleis  fea, 
(Lively  emblem,  world,  ot  thee) 
Tempts  the  fhepherd  from  the  ihore, 
Foreign  regions  to  explore. 

4  While  no  wrinkled  waves  is  feen, 
While  b  air.s  ferere, 

Fill?d  with  hopes,  and  golden  lchemes^ 
Of  aftc  rm  he  little  dreams. 

j  But  ere  longti  e  tempeil  raves, 
::i  he  trembles  at  the  wai 
Wiihes  then  he  had  been  wife, 
But  too  late — he  finks  and  dies. 

6  Haplefs  thns,  are  they, vain  worlds 
Soon  on  recks  of  ruin  hurl'd  ; 
Who  admiring  thee,  flottj 

Court  thy  pleafure,  wealth  or  pride* 

7  Such  a  Shipwreck  had  been  n: 
Hcd  not  Jesus  vXl.:i  e 
Sav'd  rr.e  wnh  a  r  v.d,. 
Andreftor'd  my  fcul  to  land. 

8  Now,  with  oratliuce  I  raife 
Ebenezers  to  his  praife  ; 
Now  my  ra/h  punu.rs  ^re  o'er, 
I  can  tru.:  crid  no  n 

C.     The  End  i 

3   T3LINDED  in  ycuth  by  Satan's  r.rt?, 
Jj  The  world  to  our 

A  fbt  ofl!  fr.ows^ 

Our 


Hv.   ioo.  CREATION'.  247 

Our  fancy  forms  a  thoufand  f_hemes 
Of  gay  delights,  and  golden  dreams, 
And  undifturb'd  repofe. 

2  So  in  the  defert's  dreary  wade, 
By  rnagic  pow'r  produced  in  haile, 

(As  ancient  fables  lay) 
Cartles  and  groves,  and  muilc  fweet, 
The  feufes  of  the  traveler  meet, 
And  (lop  him  in  his  way. 

3  But  wh  le  he  liftens  with  furprife, 
The    charm  diflblves,  the  vifion  dies> 

rTwas  but  enchanted  ground  ; 
Thus  if  the  Lord  our  fpirit  touch, 
The  world,  which  promis'd  us  ib  much, 

A  wildernefs  is  found. 

4  At  firft  we  ihrt  and  feel  dirtrefs'd, 
Convinced  we  never  can  have  reft, 

In  iuch  a  wretched  place  ; 
But  he  whole  mercy  breaks  the  charm, 
Reveals  his  own  Almighty  arm, 

And  bids  us  leek  his  face. 

5  Then  we  begin  to  live  indeed, 

When  from  our  tin  and  bondage  freed> 

By  this  beloved  Friend  : 
We  follow  him  from  day  to  day, 
AfTurMof  grace  thro'  all  the  way, 
And  glory  at  the  end. 


ATAHLE 


B 


TO    1  ME 


SECOND    HOOK, 

.  Uflg  1 0  the  "  •  i  Subjt  ft  nf  the  I 


I.     SEASONS. 
Hymn 

New*  Years  hymnsj 
Time  I  u>w  fwift ! 
Time  haw  Ika  t !        j 

Uncertainty  of  life        \ 
A  new-years  thought 
•lid  prayer  4 

Death  and  w  ar 
Earthly  prolix 
deceitful 
Before  annual  Pennoni 

Prayer  for  a  blelling 

Another 
Another 
Catting  the  gefpe) 

net 
Pleading  for  and 


I.      SEASONS. 

Hymn 
The  rod  of  Mofei  16 
God  (peaking  from 

mount  Zion  17 

Prayer  for  power  on 
18 
19 


the  means 
Elijah's  mantle 


ic 


ding  1 

vviih  youth 

Prayer  For  childrec 
'1  he  Shunamite 
Elijah'*  prayer 
Preachine  to  the 

dry  boiies 


After  annual  fermor.s 
6     David's  charge  to 

Solomon 

The  Lord'a  call  to 

Ins  children 
The  prayer  of 

Jab. 

\\  Siting  at  wifdom's 

gates  23 

Auung  the  way  to 

1  ^  We  were  Pharaoh's 
14I  bondmen 

(Travelling  in  birth 
for  iouls  26 

I.     SEA: 


so 


21 


22 


24 


2$ 


A     TABLE. 


I.     SEASONS,   j  II.    ORDINANCES. 

Hymn.!  Hymn 

We  arc  ambafladors  |  A  famine  of  the  word    49 

for  Chrift  2,7  Prayer  for  minifters      50 

Paul's  farewel  (Prayer  for  a  revival      51 

charge  28  Hoping  for  a  revival       52 

How  mall  I  put  thee  1  Sacrament  Hymns. 

among  the  chiU        JWelcome  to  the  table  53 

dren?  29Chrift  crucified  54 

Winter  3o^Jefus  halting  to  fufFer  55 

Waiting  forfpring  3r.lt  is  good  to  be  here  56 


Spring 
Another 
Summer  ftorms 
Hay-time 
Harvefl 
Christmas. 
Praife  for  the  in 
carnation 
Jehovah-Jefus 
Man  honored 
above  angels 
Saturday  evening 
Clofe  oft  he  year, 

Ebenezer 
Another 

iriJRDL\ANCKS 
Openir.g  a  place  for 

lot  i.il  prayer 
Another 
1  he  LORD9!  day 
Gofpej  privileges 
Another 
1>, 


Looking  at  the  crofs    57 
Supplies  in  the  wilder- 

nefs  58 

Communion  with 

faints  in  glory  59 

Praykr. 
Exhortation  to  prayer  60 
Power  of  prayer  61 

Scripture. 
Light  and  glory  of 

the  word 
Word  more  precious 

than  gold 

4 1  rrrpRovjbLACEb 

42,On  the  commencement 
of  hoftilities  64 

Fast-Pay  Hvj 


62 


1 


4.\ 

44 

45 
46 


Confcffion  and 
prayer 


Moles  and  Amalek  66 
The  hiding  place      67 
47  On  the  earthquake, 
Praife  for  their  conti-    t     1775  °8 

nuance  48 Fire  at  Olney,  1777    6^ 

i 

III.  PRO- 


A     TABLE. 


III.  PROVIDENCES. 

Hymn 
Welcome  to  chriftian 

friends  y0 

Ac  parting  nj 

Funeral  Hymns. 
On  the  death  of  a 

believer  72 

Death  of  a  minifter      77 
The  tolling  bell 


IV. 


CREATION. 

Hymn 
Eclipfe  of  the  moon, 

1776  85 

Moon  light  86 

The  fea  87 

The  flood  88 

The  thaw  89 

1  he  load  (lone  90 

74  Sp'der  and  bee  91 


Uopebyond  the  grave  75  Bee  faved  from  the 
J  herp  tlim  *..-oo..^ ..•   •  1 


Inhere  the  weary  are 

at  reft  ;6 

1  he  day  of  judgment  77 
The  day  of  the  Lord   78 


Jjie  great  tribunal        7QFor  a  garden-feat  .cr 


7w~imxrnoN 

T  h.e.old.and,nevv 

creation 
Book  of  creation 
The  rainbow 
Thunder 


Lightning  in. the  night  84 


fpider 
J  he  ta  med  lion 
Sheep 
l!he  gardeii 


fumiue,r-.h.ojufe 
Cre^iture>s  in  the 
8c       Lord's  .bands 
8i  On  .dneaming 

The  world 
8  [The  >nchanrar„ejit 
diffolved 


92 

93 
94 

95 

96 

97 
98 

99 

100 


END  OF  THE  SECOND  BOOK. 


OLNEY 


OLNE  Y     HYMNS,  &c. 


BOOK     III. 


On  the  Rife,  Progrefs,  Changes,  and  Comforts  of  the 
Spiritual  Life. 

(Under  the  following  Heads.) 
I.  Solemn    AddrelTes   toiVI.  Cautions. 


Sinners. 

II.  Seeking,     Pleading, 
Hoping. 

III.  Conflict. 

IV.  Comfort. 

V.  Dedication    and   fur- 
rendtr. 


VII.  Praife. 

VIII.  Short  Hymns. 
Before  Sermon. 
After  Sermon. 
Gloria  Patria. 


I.  Solemn  Addreffes  to  Sinners, 

HYMN    I. 

Exp  oft  illation. 

1  'XTO  words  can  declare, 
XN    No  fancy  can  paint, 
What  rage  and  defpair, 
What  hopelefs  complaint, 
Fill  Satan's  dark  dwelling, 
The  prifon  beneath ; 
What   weeping  and  yelling, 
And  gnafhing  of  teeth  J 

2  Yet  finners  will  choofe 
This  dreadful  abode, 
Each  madly  purfues 
The  dangerons  road  ; 

Tho*  God  give  them  warning, 
They  onward  will  go, 


Tli 


ey 


2Si  To     SINNERS,  Beok  III. 

They  anfwer  with  fcorning, 
And  ruih  upon  woe, 

3  How  fad  to  behold 
The  rich  and  the  poor, 
The  young  and  the.  old, 
All  blindly  fecure  ! 

All  polling  to  ruin, 
Refilling  to  flop  ; 
Ah !   think  what  you're  doings 
While  yet  there  is  hope! 

4  How  weak  is  your  hand, 
To  fight  with  the  Lord  ! 
How  can  you  withftand 
The  edge  of  his  fword ! 
What  hope  of  efcaping 
For  thofe  who  oppofe, 
When  hell  is  wide  gaping 
To  fwallow  his  foes ! 

5  How  oft  have  you  dar'd 
The  Lord  to  his  face  I 
Yet  ftill  you  are  fpar'd 
To  hear  of  his  grace; 
Oh  pray  for  repentance, 
And  life-giving  faith, 
Before  the  juft  fentence 
Confign  you  to  death. 

6  It  is  not  too  late 
To  Jesus  to  flee, 
His  mercy  is  great, 
His  pardon  is  free  ! 

His  blood  has  fuch  virtue 
For  all  that  believe, 
That  nothing  can  hurt  you, 
If  him  you  receive. 

II.  Alarm 


Hy.  2.  To  SINNER  S.  253 

II.     Alarm. 

1  QTOP,  poor  finner!  flop  and  think 
O  Before  you  farther  go! 

Will  you  fport  upon  the  brink 

Ofeverlafting  woe? 
Once  again  I  charge  you,  flop ! 
For  unlefs  you  warning  take, 
Ere  you  are  aware,  you  drop 

Into  the  burning  lake! 

2  Say,  have  you  an  arm  like  God, 

That  you  his  will  oppofe? 
Fear  you  not  that  iron  rod 

With  which  he  breaks  his  foes? 
Can  you  (land  in  that  dread  day, 
When  he  judgment  mall  proclaim, 
And  the  earth  fhall  melt  away 

Like  wax  before  the  flame? 

4       Pale-fac'd  death  will  quickly  come 

To  drag  you  to  his  bar  ; 
Then  to  hear  your  awful  doom, 

Will  fill  you  with  defpair  : 
All  your  fins  will  round  you  croud, 
Sins  of  a  blood-crimfon  dye; 
Each  for  vengeance  crying  loud  ; 

And  what  can  you  reply  ! 

4       Tho'  your  heart  be  made  of  fteel, 

Your  forehead  lin'd  with  brafs, 

God  at  length  will  make  you  feel, 

He  will  not  let  you  pafs : 
Sinners  then  in  vain  will  call, 
(Tho'  they  now  defpife  his  grace) 
Rocks  and  mountains  on  us  fall  (1), 
And  hide  us  from  his  face. 

5       But  as  yet  there  is  a  hope 

You  may  his  mercy  know; 

Y  Tho* 

(l)  Rct.  vi,  i$. 


554  To  SINNERS.  Bk.  III. 

Tho'  his  arm  is  lifted  up, 

He  ftill  forbears  the  blow  : 
'Twas  for  finners  Jesus  dy'd, 
Sinners  he  invites  to  come  ; 
None  who  come  fhall  be  deny'd, 

He  fays,  "  There  ftill  is  room(i).^ 

III.     We  were  once  as  you  are. 

i   OHALL  men  pretend  to  pleafure 
C5  Who  never  knew  the  Lord? 
Can  all  the  worldling's  treafure 

True  peace  of  mind  afford? 
They  ihall  obtain  this  jewel 

In  what  their  hearts  defire, 
When  they  by  adding  fuel 

Can  quench  the  flame  of  fire. 

2  Till  you  can  bid  the  ocean, 

\V  hen  furious  tempefts  roar  (2), 
Forget  its  wonted  motion, 

And  rage  and  fwell  no  more  : 
In  vain  your  expectation 

To  find  content  in  fin; 
Or  freedom  from  vexation, 

While  pafiions  reign  within. 

j  Come  turn  your  thoughts  to  Jesus, 

If  you  would  good  poflefs ; 
'Tis  he  alone  that  frees  us 

From  guilt,  and  from  diitrefs; 
When  he  by  faith  is  prefent, 

The  tinner's  troubles  ceafe 
His  ways  are  truly  pleafant, 

And  all  his  paths  are  peace. 

4  Our  time  In  tin  we  wafted, 
And  fed  upon  the  wind  ; 
Until  his  love  we  tafted, 
No  comfort  could  we  find  :  But 

(1)  Luke  xiv.  %%>  (a)  Ifaiah  Mi.  20»  31. 


Hv.4.  To  SINNERS.  255 

But  now  we  ftand  to  witnefs 

His  pow'r  and  grace  to  you; 
May  you  percieve  its  fitnefs, 

And  call  upon  him  too  ! 

5  Our  pleafure  and  our  duty, 

Thov  opnofite  before, 
Since  we  have  feen  his  beauty, 

Are  join'd  to  part  no  more : 
It  is  our  higheft  pleafure, 

No  lefs  rhin  duty's  call, 
To  love  him  beyond  meafure, 

And  ferve  him  with  our  all. 

IV.     Prepare  t:  meet  God. 

1    O  INNER,  are  thou  ftill  fecure? 
^    Wilt  thou  ftill  refufe  to  pray? 
Can  thy  heart  or  hands  endure 
In  the  Lord's  avenging  day? 
See,  his  mighty  arm  is  bar'd ! 
Awful  terrors  clothe  his  brow  ! 
For  hisjudgment  ftand  prepar'd, 
Thou  muft  either  break  or  bow. 

2  At  his  prefence  nature  (bakes, 
Earth  affrighted  haftes  to  flee; 
Solid  mountains  melt  like  wax,  * 
What  will  then  become  of  thee? 
Who  his  advent  may  abide? 

You  that  glory  in  your  mame, 

Will  you  find  a  place  to  hide 

When  the  world  is  wrapp'd  in  flame? 

3  Then  the  rich,  the  great,  the  wife, 
Trembling,  guilty,   felf-condemn'd  ) 
Muft  behold  the  wrathful  eves 

Of  the  Judge  they  once  blaiphenrd  1 
Where  are  now  their  haughty  looks, 
Oh;  their  horror  and  defpair! 

When 


256  ToSINNERS.  Rk.  III. 

When  they  fee  the  open'd  books, 
And  their  dreadful  fentence  hear  ! 

4  Lord,  prepare  us  by  thy  grace! 
Soon  we  muft  refign  our  breath ; 
And  our  fouis  be  callM  to  pafs 
Thro'  the  iron  gate  of  death : 
Let  us  now  our  day  improve, 
Liiten  to  the  golpel  voice ; 
Seek  the  things  that  are  above; 
Scorn  the  world's  pretended  joys. 

5  Oh  !  when  flefh  and  heart  fhall  fail, 
Let  thy  love  our  fpirits  cheer; 
Strengthened  thus  we  fhall  prevail 
Over  Satan,  iin,  and  fear  : 
Trufting  in  thy  precious  name, 
May  we  thus  our  journey  end ; 
Then  our  foes  fhall  lofe  their  aim, 
And  the  Judge  will  be  our  FriencL 

V.      Invitation. 

i       QlNNER,  hear  the  Saviour's  call, 
i^  He  now  is  pafling  by  ; 
He  has  feen  thy  grievous  thrall, 
And  heard  thy  mournful  cry  ; 
He  has  ;j.*rdons  to  impart, 
Grace  to  fave  thee  from  thy  fears, 
See  the  love  that  fills  his   heart, 
And  wipes  away  thy  tears. 

2       Why  art  thou  afraid  to  come 
And  tell  him  all  thy  cafe  ? 
He  will  not  pronounce  thy  doom, 
Nor  frown  thee  from  his  face  : 
Wilt  thou  fear  Emmanuel? 
Wilt  thou  dread  the  Lamb  of  God, 
Who,  to  fave  thy  foul  from  hell, 
Has  ihed  his  precious  blood  I 

7  Think 


Hy.  5.  ToSINNER  S.  257 

3  Think,  how  on  the  crofs  he  hung 
Pierc'd  with  a  thoufand  wounds  i      ■ 

Hark,  from  each  as  with  a  tongue, 

The  voice  of  pardon  founds  ! 
See,  from  all  his  burfting  veins, 
Blood  of  wond'rous  virtue,  flow? 
Shed  to  wafn  away  thy  ftains, 
And  ranfom  thee  from  woe. 

4  Tho'  his  majefty  be  great 

His  mercy  is  no  lefs; 
Tho'  he  thy  tranfgreflions  hate, 

He  feels  for  thy  diftrefs  : 
By  himfelf  the  Lord  has  fworn, 
He  delights  not  in  thy  death  ( 1) 
But  invites  thee  to  return, 

That  thou  may  ft  live  by  faith. 

5  Raife  thy  downcaft  eyes  and  fee. 

What  throngs  his  throne  furround  I 
Thefe,  tho*  Tinners  once  like  thee, 

Have  full  falvation  found  : 
Yield  not  then  to  unbelief! 
While  he  fays,  "  There  yet  is  room ;" 
Tho'  of  tinner  thou  art  chief, 
Since  Jesus  calls  thee,  come. 

SIMILAR     HYM: 
Book  I.  Hymn  75,  91. 
Book  II.  Hymn  1,  2,  3,  4,  6,  3$,  77}  78,  83. 


Y2  II.     Se, 

ttkid  xxxiii.  Wl 


255  SEEKING,  &c.  Bit.  III. 

II.  Seeking,  Pleading,  and  Hoping. 
VI.       The  burdened  Sinner. 

i      \   H,  what  can  I  do, 
JTjL  Or  where  be  fecure  ! 
If  juftice  purfue 
What  heart  can  endure  ! 
The  heart  breaks  afunder, 
Tho?  hard  as  a  ftone, 
When  God  fpeaks  in  thunder, 
And  makes  himfelf  known, 

2  With  terror  I  read 
My  fins  heavy  fcore, 
The  number  exceeds, 
Thefands  on  the  ihore; 
Guilt  makes  me  unable 
To  (land  or  to  flee, 

So  Cain  murder'd  Abei, 
And  trembled  like  me. 

3  Each  fin,  like  his  blood, 
With  a  terrible  cry, 
Calls  loudly  on  God 
To  flrike  from  on  high  : 
Nor  can  my  repentance, 
Extorted  by  fear, 
Reverfe  the  juir  fentence, 
'Tis  juft,  tho'  fevere. 

4  The  cafe  is  too  plain, 

I  have  my  own  choice  ; 
Again  and  again, 
1  flighted  his  voice, 
His  warnings  neglected, 
J  lis  patience  abusM 

His 


Hy.  7.  SEEKING,  &c.  259 

Hisgofpel  rejected, 
His  mercy  refus'd. 

5  And  mufl  I  then  go, 
For  ever  to  dwell 
In  torments  and  woe 
With  devils  in  hell  ! 

Oh  where  is  the  Saviour 
I  fcorn'd  in  times  paft  ; 
His  word  in  my  favour 
Would  fave  me  at  laft 

6  Lord  Jesus,  on  thee 
I  venture  to  call, 
Oh  look  upon  me 
The  vileftof  all; 

For  whom  didft  thou  languilh, 

And  bleed  on  the  tree? 

Oh  pity  my  anguifh; 

And  fay,  "  Twas  for  thee." 

7  A  cafe  fuch  as  mine 
Will  honour  thy  pow'r 
All  hell  will  repine, 
All  heav'n  will  adore  ; 
If  in  condemnation 
Strict  juftice  takes  place, 
It  fliinesin  falvation 
More  glorious  thro'  grace. 

VII.     Behold  I  am  vile. 

1  y""v  Lord,  how  vile  am  I, 
\J  Unholy  and  unclean  ! 

How  can  I  dare  to  venture  nigh 
With  fuch  a  load  of  fin  ? 

2  Is  this  polluted  heart 

A  dwelling  lit  for  thee  ? 
Swarming,  alas!  in  ev'ry  part, 
What  evils  do  I  fee  1 

1    H 


26o  SEEKING.  &c.  Bk.  III. 

3  If  I  attempt  to  pray, 
And  lifp  thy  holy  name; 

My  thoughts  are  hurryM  foon  away, 
I  know  not  where  I  am. 

4  If  in  thy  word  I  look, 
Suchdarknefs  fills  my  miad, 

I  only  read  a  fealed  book, 
But  no  relief  can  find. 

5  Thy  golper  oft  I  hear, 
But  hear  it  ftill  in  vain  ; 

Without  defire,  or  love,  or  fear, 
I  like  a  ftone  remain. 

6  Myfelf  can  hardly  bear 

This  wretched  heart  of  mine; 
How  hateful  then  muft  it  appear 
To  thofe  pure  eyes  of  thine  t 

2  And  muft  I  then  indeed 

Sink  in  defpair  and  die  ? 
Fain  would  I  hope  that  thou  didft  bleecf 
For  fuch  a  wretch  as  I. 

8  That  blood  which  thou,  haft  fpilt, 
That  grace  which  is  thine  own  ; 

Can  cleanfe  the  vi!eft  Tinners  guilt, 
And  foften  hearts  of  (tone. 

9  Low  at  fhy  feet  I  bow, 
Oh  pity  and  forgive! 

Here  will  I  lie  and  wait  till  thou 
Shalt  bid  me  rife  and  live. 

VIII.  (c).     Thefilmng  Light. 

I  1\/T^  f°rmer  hopes  are  dead, 

IV A  My  terror  now  begins  -y 
I  feel  alas!   that  I  am  dead 
In  trefpafles  and  Qns* 

2  Ah 


HY.  9.  SEEKING,  &c.  261 

2  Ah  whither  mall  I  fly  ? 

I  hear  the  thunder  roar; 
The  law  proclaims  deftrucYion  nigh, 
And  vengeance  at  the  door. 

3  When   I  review  my  ways, 
I  dread  impending  doom  ; 

But  Cure  a  friendly   whifper  fays, 
"  Flee  from  the  wrath  to  come." 

4  I  fee,  or  think  1  fee, 

A  glimm'ring  from  afar; 
A  beam  of  day  that  fhines  for  me, 
To  fave  rne  from  defpair. 

5  Fore-runner  of  the  fun  (1), 
It  marks  the  pilgrim's  way; 

Pll  gaze  upon  it  while  I  run, 
And  watch  the  riling  day. 

IX.     Encouragement. 

1  Ti  XY  foul  is  befet 

1VJL   With  grief  and  difmay, 
I  owe  a  vaft  debt 
And  nothing  can  pay  : 
I  muft  go  to  prifon, 
Unlefs  that  dear  Lord, 
Who  dy'd  and  is  rifen, 
His  pity  afford. 

2  The  death  that  he  dyM, 
The  blood  that  he  fpilt, 
To  (inners  apply'd, 
Difchurge  from  all  guilt  : 
This  great  IntercefTor 
Can  give,  if  he  pleafe, 
The  vilelt  tranfgreflbr 
Immediate  relcafe. 


(1)  Pfalmcxxx.  6. 


When 


262  SEEKING,   £c.  Bk.  UK 

2  When  naii'd  to  the  tree, 
He  anfwer'd  the  pray'r 
Of  one,  who  like  mc, 
Was  nigh  to  defpair  (i)  ; 
He  did  not  upbraid  him 
With  all  he  had  done, 
But  inftantly  m  idc  him, 
A  faint  and  a  ion. 

4  The  jailor,   I  read, 

A  pardon  received  (2) 

And  how  was  he  freed? 
He  only  belie v'd  ; 
His  cafe  mine  refembled, 
Like  me  he  was  foul, 
Like  me  too  he  trembled, 
But  faith  made  him  whole. 

5  Tho'  Saul  in  his  youth, 

To  madnefs  enrag'd  ; 
Againft  the  Lord's  truth, 
And  people  engag'd  ; 
Yet  Jesus  the  Saviour, 
Whom  long  he  revil'd  (3), 
Receiv'd  him  to  favour 
And  made  him  a  child, 

6  A  foe  to  all  good, 
In  wickednefs  fkill'd, 
ManafTeh,  with  blood, 
Jerufalem  fill'd  (4)  ; 
Jn  evil  long  hardened, 
The  Lord  he  defy'd, 
Yet  he  too  was  pardon'd, 
When  mercy  he  cry'd. 

7  Of  fmners  the  chief, 
And  viler  than  all, 

The 
(1)  Lukexxiii.  43-     (*)    A&sx*i.  31.      (3)  1  Tim.  i.  16. 
(4)  Chron.  xxxiii.  12.  13. 


Hw   10.  SEEKING,  &*.  263 

The  jailor  or  thief, 
Manafleh  or  Saul 
Since  they  were  forgiv'n 
Why  fhould  I  defpair 
While  Christ  is  in  heav'n 
And  itill  aniwers  pray'r  ? 

X.     The  waiting  foul. 

i   T^^-FATHE  from  the  gentle  South  O  Lord, 
_D  And  cheer  me  from  the  North  ? 
Blow  on  the  treafures  of  thy  word, 
And  call  the  fpices  forth  ! 

2  I  wi.'h,  thou  know'ft,  to  be  refign'd, 

And  wait  with  patient  hope  ; 
But  hope  delay'd  fatigues  the  mind, 
And  drinks  the  fpirits  up. 

3  Help  me  to  reach  the  diftant  gaol, 

Confirm  my  feeble  knee  ; 
Pity  the  ficknefs  of  a  foul 
That  faints  for  love  of  thee. 

4  Cold  as  I  feel  this  heart  of  mine, 

Yet  fmce  I  feel  it    fo  ; 
It  yields  feme  hope  of  life  divine 
Within,  however  low, 

5  I  feem  forfiken  and  alone, 

I  hear  the  lion  roar; 
An  1  cv'ry  d  )or  is  hut  but  one, 

And  that  is  mercy's  door. 

6  There,  till  the  dear  deliverer  come, 

111  h  humble  pray'r  ; 

Ail  wii  III  his  exile  home, 

The  LORD  (hall  find  him  there. 

XI.  7 


2*4  SEEKING,  &c.  Bk.  lift 

XI.     The  Effort. 

i   /^HEER  up,  my  foul,  there  is  a  mercy  feat 
\^/  Sprinkled  with  blood,  where  Jesus  anfwers 

pray'r  ; 
There  humbly  caft  thyfelf  beneath  his  feet, 
For  never  needy  (inner  perinYd  there. 

2  Lord,  I  am  come  !  thy  promife  is  my  plea, 
Without  thy  word  Idurit  not  venture  nigh  ; 
But  thou  had  call'd  the  burdened  foul  to  thee, 
A  weary  burdenM  foul,  O  Lord,  am  I  .r 

3  Bow'd  down  beneath  a  heavy  load  of  fin, 
By  Satan's  fierce  temptations  forely  preft, 
Befet  without,  and  full  of  fears  within, 
Trembling  and  faint  I  come  to  thee  for  reft. 

4  Be  thou  my  refuge,  Lord,  my  hiding-place, 
I  know  no  force  can  tear  me  from  thy  fide; 
UnmovM  I  then  may  all  accufers  face, 
Andanfwer  ev'ry  charge,  with  "  Jefus  dy'd." 

5  Yes,  thou  didft  weep,  and  bleed,  and  groan  and 

die, 
Well  haft  thou  known  what  fierce  temptations 

mean ; 
Such  was  thy  love,  and  now  enthroned  on  high, 
The  fame  companions  in  thy  bofom  reign. 

/)Lord  give  me  faith--he  hears--  what  grace  is  this! 
Dry  up  thy  tears,  my  foul,  andceaie  to  grieve  : 
He  (hews  me  what  he  did,  and  who  he  is, 
I  muft,  I  will,  I  can,  I  do  believe. 

XII.     The  Effort— in  wither  Meafure. 

FPROACH,  my  foul,  the  mercy-feat 
Where  J  esus  anfwers  pray'r ; 
There  humbly  fall  before  his  feet. 
For  none  can  perifh  there. 

2  Thy 


'A 


Hy.  13.  SEEK  IN  G,kc,  265 

2  Thy  promife  is  my  only  plea, 
With  this  I  venture  nigh; 
Thou  called  burden'd  fouls  to  thee, 
And  fuch,  O  Lord,  am  I. 

2  Bow'd  down  beneath  a  load  of  fin, 
By  Satan  forely  pre  ft  ; 
By  war  without,  and  fears  within, 
I  come  to  thee  for  reft. 

4  Be  thou  my  fhield  and  hiding-place  f 

That,  fhelter'd  near  thy  fide, 
I  may  my  fierce  accufer  face, 

And  tell  him,  "  Thou  haft  dy'd." 

5  Oh  wond'rous  love!  to  bleed  and  die, 

To  bear  the  crofs  and  fhame  ; 
That  guilty  finners,  fuch  as  I, 
Might  plead  thy  gracious  name. 

6  "  Poor  tempeft-tofled  foul  be  frill, 

promis'd  grace  receive;" 
'Tis  Jefus  foeaks — I  muft,  I  will, 
I  can,  I  do  believe. 

XIII.      Seeking  the  Beloved. 

1   r  1  ^O  thofe  who  know  the  Lord,  I  fpeak, 
X     Is  my  beloved  near? 
The  bridegroom  of  my  foul  I  feek. 
Oh  !   when  will  he  appear  ? 

1  Tho'  once  a  man  of  grief  and  fhame, 
Yet  now  he  fills  a  throne  ; 
And  bears  the  greateft,  fweetefl  name, 
That  earth  or  heav'n  have  known. 
3  Grace  flies  before,  and  love  attends 
His  fteps  where'er  he  gcc 

Tho5 


266  SEEKING,  &c.        Bk.  III. 

Tho'  none  can  fee  him  but  his  friends, 
And  they  were  once  his  foes. 

4  He  fpeaks — obedient  to  his  call 

Our  warm  affections  move  ; 
Did  he  but  fhine  alike  on  all 
Then  all  alike  would  love. 

5  Then  love  in  ev'ry  heart  would  reign 

And  war  would  ceafe  to  roar  ; 
And  cruel,  and  blood- thirfty  men, 
Would  thirit  for  blood  no  more. 

6  Such  Jesus  is,    and  fuch  his  grace, 

Oh  may  he  fhine  on  you  (i)  ! 
And  tell  him,  when  you  fee  his  face, 
I  long  to  fee  him  too. 

XIV.     Re  J}  for  weary  Sods. 

i  T^vOES  the  gofpel-word  proclaim, 
_L/  Reft,  for  thofe  who  weary  be  (2) 
Then,  my  foul,  put  in  thy  claim, 
Sure  that  promife  fpeaks  to  thee  ; 

Marks  of  grace  I  cannot  ihow, 
All  polluted  is  my  beft ; 
Yet  1  weary  am  I  know, 
And  the  weary  long  for  reft. 

2  Burdened  with  a  load  of  fin, 
Harrafs'd  with  tormenting  doubt, 
Hourly  conflicts  from  within, 
Hourly  crofles  from  without: 
All  my  little  ftrength  is  gone, 
Sink  1  muft  without  fupply ; 
Sure  upon  the  earth  is  none 
Can  more  weary  be  than  I. 

£  In  the  ark,  the  weary  dove  (3) 
Found  a  welcome  refting-place; 

Thus 
(1)  Cant,  v,  8.     (2)  Matth.  xi-  28.      (3)  Gen.  viii.  9. 


Hy.  i5-  CONFLICT.  *6j 

Thus  my  fpirit  longs  to  prove 
Reft  in  Christ,  the  ark  of  grace  : 
Temped- tofs'd  1  long  have  been, 
And  the  flood  increafes  faft ; 
Open,  Lord,  and  take  me  in, 
Till  the  ftorm  be  overpaft. 
4  Safely  lodg'd  within  thy  breaft, 
What  a  wond'rous  change  I  find  : 
Now  I  know  thy  promis'd  reft 
Can  compofe  a  troubled  mind  : 
You  that  weary  are,  like  me, 
Hearken  to  the  gofpel  call; 
To  the  ark  for  refuge  flee, 
Jesus  will  receive  you  all! 

SIMILAR  HYMNS. 

Book  I.  Hymn  45,  69,  82,  83,  84,  96. 
Book.  II.  Hymn  29. 


III.     CONFLICT. 

XV.      (c)  Light  fhinlng  out  of  Darknefs. 

1  /^  OD  moves  in  a  myfterious  way, 
vJ    His  wonders  to  perform  ; 

He  plants  his  footfteps  in  the  fea, 
And  rides  upon  the  ftorm. 

2  Deep  in  unfathomable  mines, 

Of  never  failing  fkill ; 
He  treafures  up  his  bright  defigns, 
And  works  his  fov'reign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  faints,  frefh  courage  take, 

The  clouds  ye  fo  much  dread 


Are 


268  CONFLICT.  Bk.  III. 

Are  big  with  mercy,  and  (hall  break 
In  bleflings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  fenfe; 
But  truft  him  for  his  grace; 
Behind  a  frowning  providence, 
He  hides  a  fmiling  face. 

3  His  purpofes  will  ripen  faft, 
Unfolding  ev'ry  hour  ; 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  tafle, 
But  fweet  will  be  the  flow'r. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  fure  to  err  (i) 
And  fcan  his  work  in  vain, 
God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

XVI.    (c)    Welcome  Crofs, 

2  ;r  1  MS  my  happinefs  bejow 

X     Not  to  live  without  the  crofs ; 
But  the  Saviour's  pow'r  to  know, 
Sanctifying  ev'ry  lofs  : 
Trials  muft  and  will  befal ; 
But  with  humble  faith  to  fee 
Love  infcrib'd  upon  them  all, 
This  is  happiuefs  to  me. 

a  God,  in  Ifrael,  fows  the  feeds 
Of  affliction,  pain,  and  toil; 
Thefe  fpring  up  and  choak  the  weeds 
Which  wculd  elfe  o'erfpread  the  foil  : 
Trials  make  the  promife  fweet, 
Trials  give  new  life  to  pray'r; 
Trials  bring  me  to  his  feer, 
Lay  me  low,  and  keep  me  there. 

3  Did  I  meet  no  trials  here, 
No  chaftifement  by  the  way  • 

(i)  John  xiii.  ?. 


Might 


Hy.  17,  CONFLICT.  26g 

Might  I  not,  with  reafon,  fear, 
I  fliould  prove  a  caft-away  : 
Baitards  may  efcape  the  rod  (1), 
Sunk  in  earthly,  vain  delight ; 
But  the  true-born  child  of  God. 
Muft  no:,  would  not,  if  he  might. 

XVII.     (c)     AffHaionsfanaified  by  the  Word. 

1  /^V  How  I  love  thy  holy  word, 

V^/   Thy  gracious  covenant,  O  Lord  ! 
Vi  guides  me  in  the  peaceful  way, 
I  chink  upon  it  all  the  day. 

2  What  are  the  mines  of  fhining  wealth, 
The  irrength  of  youth,  the  bloom  of  health! 
What  are  all  joys  compared  with  thofe 
Tnine  everl ailing  word  beftows  ! 

3  Long  unafflicted,  undifmay'd, 

In  pleafure'spath  fecure  I  ftray'd  ; 

Thou  mad'ft  me  feel  thy  chaiV'ning  rod  (1), 

And  ftraight  I  turn'd  unto  my  God. 

/hat  tho'  it  pierced  my  fainting  heart, 
I  blefs  thine  hand  that  caus'd  the  fma 
It  taught  my  tears  awhile  to  flow, 
Bj:  fav'd  me  from  eternal  woe. 

5  Oh  !  hadll  thou  left  me  unchaftfs'd, 

I  had  (till 
Anil  itill  the  ihare  in  fecret  lai< 
j  aweary  feet  betr: 

6  I  love  thee  therefore,  Omy  God 

i  breathe  towards  thy  dear  abode  j 
here  in  thy  prefence  fully  Weft, 
Thy  chofen  faints  for  ever  reit. 

Z  2  XVIII. 


CO   Hcb.L 


V* 


CONFLICT.  Bk  III 


XVIII.     (c)     Temptation* 

i  rT^HE  billows  fwell,  the  winds  are  high, 
X     Clouds  overcaft  my  wintry  Iky  ; 
Out  of  the  depths  to  thee  I  call, 
My  fears  are  great, my  ftrength  is  (mall. 

2  O  Lord,  the  pilot's  part  perform, 

And  guide  and  guard  me  thro'  the  ftorm ; 
Defend  me  from  each  threat'ning  ill, 
Control  the  waves,  fay,  "  Peace,  be  ftill." 

3  Amidft  the  roaring  of  the  fea, 

My  foul  ftill  hangs  her  hope  on  thee  ; 
Thy  conftant  love,  thy  faithful  care, 
Is  all  that  faves  me  from  defpair. 

4  Dangers  of  ev'ry  fhape  and  name, 
Attends  the  followers  of  the  Lamb, 
Who  leave  the  world's  deceitful  fhore, 
And  leave  it  to  return  no  more. 

5  Tho*  tempeft-tofs'd,  and  half  a  wreck, 
My  Saviour  thro'  the  floods  I  feek  ; 
Let  neither  winds,  nor  (lormy  rain, 
Force  back  my  fhatter'd  bark  again. 

XIX.  (d)  Looking  upwards  in  a  Storm. 

i    S~y  OD  of  my  life,  to  thee  I  call, 
VJ  Afflicted  at  thy  feet  I  fall  (2)  ; 
When  the  great  water- floods  prevail, 
Leave  not  my  trembling  heart  to  fail! 

2  Friend  of  the  friendlefs,  and  the  faint  ! 
Where  mould  I  lodge  my  deep  complaint? 
Where  but  with  thee,  whole  open  door 
Invites  the  helplefs  and  the  poor! 

3  Did  ever  mourner  plead  with  thee, 
And  thou  refufe  that  mourner's  plea? 

Does 

(1)  Pfalxucxix.  ij. 


Ht.  20.  CONFLICT.  271 

Does  not  the  word  ftill  fix'd  remain, 
That  none  fhall  leek  thy  face  in  vain? 

4  That  were  a  grief  I  could  not  bear, 
Didit  thou  not  hear  and  anfwer  pray'r; 
But  a  pray'r-  hearing,  anfwering  God, 
Supports  me  under  ev'ry  load. 

5  Fair  is  the  lot  that's  can;  for  me  ; 
I  have  an  advocate  with  thee  ; 
They  whom  the  world  careiTes  mod, 
Have  nofuch  privilege  to  boaft. 

6  Poor  tho'  I  am,  defpis'd  forgot  (1), 
Yet  God,  my  God,  forgets  me  not ; 
And  he  is  fafe,  and  muftfucceed, 

For  whom  the  Lord  vouchfafe's  to  plead. 

XX.      (c)  The  Vaiey  ef  the  Shadow  of  Death. 

1  "\ /f  Yfoul  is  fad,  and  much  difmay'd? 
1VA   See,  Lord,  what  legions  of  my  foes, 
With  fierce  Appolyon  at  their  head, 

My  heavenly  pilgrimage  oppofe! 

2  See,  from  the  ever-burninglake, 
How  likeafmoky  cloud  they  rife  ! 
With  horrid  blafts  my  foul  they  fliake, 
With  ftorms  of  blafphemies  and  lies. 

3  Their  fiery  arrows  reach  the  mark  (2)  ; 
My  throbbing  heart  with  anguiih  tear  ; 
Each  lights  upon  a  kindred  (park. 
And  finds  abundant  fuel  there. 

4  I  hate  the  thought  that  wrongs  the  Lord; 
Oh,  I  would  drive  it  from  my  bread, 
With  thy  own  (harp  two-edged  fword, 
Far  as  the  eaft  is  from  the  weft. 


Come  then,  and  chafe  the  cruel  hod, 
Heal  the  deep  wounds  I  have  receiv'd  ! 

(1)  Mtlmsl.  17.  (2)  Eph,  vi.  16. 


Nor 


272  CONFLICT.  Bk.  Ill' 

Nor  let  the  pow'rs  of  darknefs  boafl: 
That  I   am  foil'd,  and  thou  art  griev'd  ! 

XXI-     The  Storm  hufhed. 
i   V-"jr^IS  pad — the  dreadful  (lormy  nighr, 
J[        *s  gone>  with  ail  its  fears! 
And  now  I  fee  returning  light, 
The  Lord,  my  Sun,  appears. 

2  The  tempter  who, but  lately  faid. 

I  foon  Ilia  11  be  his  prey  ; 
Has  heard  my  Saviour's  voice,  and  fled 
With  fhame  and  grief  away. 

3  Ah!  Lord,  fincethoudidfl  hide  thy  face, 

What  has  my  foul  endur'd? 

But  now  'tis  part,  I  feel  thy  grace, 

And  all  my  wounds  are  cur'd ! 

4  Oh  wond'rous  changes  but  jufl  before 

Defpair  befet  me  round  ; 
I  heard  the  lion's  horrid  roar, 
And  trembled  at  the  found. 

5  Before  corruption,  guilt  and&ar, 

My  comforts  blaited  fell  \ 
And  unbelief  difcoverd  near, 
The  dreadful  depths  of  hell. 

6  But  Jesus  pity'd  my  diftrefs, 

Re  heard  my  feeble  cry  ; 
Reveal'd  his  blood  and  righteoufnefs, 
And  brought  falvation  nigh. 

7  Beneath  the  banner  of  his  love, 

I  tow  fecure  remain  ; 
The  tempter  frets,  but  dares  not  move 
To  break  my  peace  again. 

8  Lord,  fince  thou  thus  haft  broke  rny  bands 

And  fet  the  captive  free  -, 

I  v. 


Hv,  3  CONFLICT.  273 

I  would  devote  my  tongue,  my  hand 
heart,  my  all  to  thee. 

ccd. 

1  jtXLE^S  the  Lo^d  had  fa 

\J    (\V  bul  may  tV 

in'jd  his  en 
But  he  :. 

(hameancl 
That  I  h.v 

2  O  I  trying  hour, 

en  harrafs'd  by  the  tempter' 
:\\  hopes  decli: 
You 

Yo:  .  ;s, 

Can  pity  fuch  a  cafe  as  mine. 

3  Lou  J  in  my  ears  he  read, 

'd  all  he  : 
long  black  lilt  of  outward  Qnj 
Then  bringing  for 

Too  well  what's  hidden  there  lu  kr.ew, 
He  fhewM  me  ten  times  v.  chin. 

4  'Tis  all  too  true,  my  foul  rep 
Bu:  I  remember  Jesv 

v  he  tills  a  throne  of  grace  ; 
I'll  go,  as  I  have  done  before, 
His  mercy  I  may  dill  implore, 

I  have  his  prom:  ;." 

5  But,  ns  when  fudden  fogs  arife, 

:rees  and  hills,  the  fun  and  : 
all  at  once  conceal  \1   from  w 
ror,  black  as  night, 

e  of  grace  and  pre 

6  I 


274  CONFL    I  C  T  Bk.  III. 

6  Then,  while  befet  with  guilt  and  fear, 
He  try'd  to  urge  me  to  defpair, 

He  try'd,  and  lie  alinoft  prevoiPd  ; 
But  Jesus,  by  aheav'nly  ray, 
Drove  clouds,  and  guilt,  and  fear,  away, 

And  all  the  tempter's  malice  fait'd. 

XXIII.  (c)    Peace  after  a  Storm. 

1  r  X  7IIEN  darknefs  long  has  veil'd  my  mind 

VV       And  fmiling  day  once  more    appears, 
Then,  my  Redeemer,  then  I  find 
The  lolly  of  my  doubts  and  fears. 

2  Straight  I  upbraid  my  wandVing  heart, 
And  blu  fh  that  1  mould  ever  be 
Thus  prone  to  act  fo  bale  a  part, 

Or  harbour  one  hard  thought  of  thee  ! 

3  Oh  !  let  me  then  at  length  be  taught 
What  I  am  flill  fo  {low  to  learn  ; 
That  God  is  love,  and  changes  not, 
Nor  knows  the  ihadow  of  a  turn. 

4  Sweet  truth,  and  eafy  to  repeat  ? 
But  when  my  faith  is  fharply  try'd, 
I  find  myfelf  a  learncryet, 
Unfkilful,  weak,  and  apt  to  Aide. 

5  But  O  my  Lord,  one  look  from  thee 
Subdues  the  dilbbedient  will; 
Drivesdoubt  and  difcontent  away, 
And  thy  rebellious  worm  is  (till. 

6  Thou  art  as  ready  to  forgive, 
As  1  am  ready  to  repine; 

Thou  therefore,  all  the  praife  receive; 
Be  fhame,  and  felf-abhorrencc,  mine. 

XXIV.  (c)     Mourning  and  Longing, 

I   ^T^IIE  Saviour  hides  his  face  ? 
X       My  fpirit  thirfts  to  prove 

Renewal 


Hv.  15,  CONFLICT.  275 

Renew'd  fupplies  of  pard'ning  grace, 
And  never  fading  love. 

o 

2  The  favoured  fouls  who  know 

fhinc  in  hi:n, 
Pant  for  his  prefence,  as  the  roe 

Pants  for  the  living  itream  ! 

3  What  trifles  teaze  me  now  ! 
They  fwarm  like  Cummer  flies, 

They  cleave  to  ev'ry  tiling  I  do, 
And  i\vim  before  my  eyes. 

4  How  dull  the  fabbath-day, 

Without  the  fabbath's  Lord  ! 
How  toilfome  then  to  Gng  and  pi 
And  wait  opoii  the  word  ! 

5  Of  all  the  truths  I  hear, 

v  few  delight  my  tjtte  ! 
I  glean  a  berry  here  and  there, 
But  mourn  the  vintage  paft. 

6  Yet  let  me,  (as  I  ought) 
Sill  hope  to  be  fupply'd  ; 

.lie  is  worth  a  thou 
r  (hall  I  be  deny'd. 

Tho1  1  am  but  a  worm, 
Un\\  orthy  of  his  care  ; 
The  LORD  will  my  defire  perform, 
ivl  grant  me  all  m  »•  praj  Y. 

*  \\7  nd  tafk, 

V  V       \t0  Uonder  I  little  r 
O  Lord,  make  me  willing  to  a 

to  give  : 
Altho'  1  am  bought  with  thy  blood, 
id  all  thy  falvation  is  mine  • 


276  CONFLIC  T.  Bk.  III. 

At  a  diftance  from  thee  my  chief  good, 
I  wander,  and  languiih,  and  pine. 

2  Of  thy  goodnefs  of  old,  when  I  read, 
To  thofe  who  were  fmners  like  me, 
Why  may  I  not  wreftle  and  plead, 
With  them  a  partaker  to  be? 

Thine  arm  is  not  morten'd  fince  then, 
And  thofe  who  believe  in  thy  name, 
Ever  find  thou  art  Yea,  and  Amen, 
Thro'  all  generations  the  fame. 

3  While  my  fpirit  within  me  is  preft 
With  forrow,  temptation,  and  fear, 
Like  John  I  would  flee  to  thybreafr(i) 
And  pour  my  complaints  in  thine  ear  : 
How  happy  and  favoured  was  he, 
Who  could  on  thy  bofom  repofe! 
Might  this  favour  be  granted  to  me, 

I'd  fmile  at  the  rage  of  my  foes. 

4  I  have  heard  of  thy  wonderful  name, 
How  great  and  exahedthou  art; 
But  ah?  I  confefs  to  my  ihame, 

It  faintly  imprefles  my  heart: 
The  beams  of  thy  g;ory  difplay, 
As  Peter  once  few  thee  appear  ; 
That  tranfported  like  him  I  may  fay, 
"  It  is  good  for  my  foul  to  be  here  (2)." 

5  What  a  forrow  and  weight  didft  thou  fee!, 
When  nailM,  for  my  fake,  to  the  tree  ! 
My  heart  fure  is  harder  then  (reel, 

To  feci  no  more  forrow  for  thee  : 

O'n  let  me  with  Thomas  defcry 

1  he  wounds  in  thy  hands  and  thy  fide  ; 

And  have  feelings  like  his,  when  I  cry, 

"  My  God  and  my  Saviour  has  dy'd  (3).?? 

6  But 

(O  John  xiii.  25.  (2)  Matt.  xvii.  4. 

(3)  John  xx.  28. 


Hy.  26.  CONFLICT.  277 

6  But  if  thou  haft  appointed  me  (till 
To  wreftle,  and  fuller,  and  fight; 

0  make  me  refign'd  to  thy  will, 
For  all  thine  appointments  are  right : 
This  mercy,  at  lead,  I  intreat, 

That  knowing  hov  vile  I  have  been, 

1  with  Mary,  may  wait  at  thy  feet  (1), 
And  weep  o'er  the  pardon  of  fin. 

XXVI.      (c)  Self-acquaintance. 

1  "pvEAR  Loxd  !   accept  a  finful  heart, 
]LJ   Which  of  itfelf  complains 

And  mourns,  with  much  and  frequent  fmart, 
The  evil  it  contains. 

2  The  fiery  feeds  of  anger  lurk, 

Which  often  hurt  my  frame; 
And  wait  but  for  the  tempter's  work, 
To  fan  them  to  a  flame. 

3  Legality  holds  out  a  bribe 

To  purchafe  life  from  thee ; 
And  difcontent  would  fain  prefer  ibe 
How  fhalt  thou  deal  with  me. 

4  While  unbelief  withftands  thy  grace, 

And  puts  the  mercy  by  ; 
Prefunption  with  a  brow  of  brafs, 
Says,  *  Give  me,  or  I  die." 

5  How  eager  are  my  thoughts  to  roam 

In  queit  of  what  they  love  ! 
But  ah!   when  duty  calls  them  home 
How  heavily  they  move ! 

6  Oh,  cleanfe  me  in  a  Saviour's  blood, 

Transform  me  by  thy  pow'r, 
i  make  me  thy  belov'd  abode, 
And  let  me  rove  no  more. 

A  a  XXVII. 

(1)  Luke  vii.  38. 


278  CONFLICT.  Bk.  III. 


K' 


XXVI I.     Bitter  and  Sweet. 

■INDLE,  Saviour,  in  my  heart 
A  flame  of  love  divine  ; 
Hear,  hear,  for  mine  I  truft  thou  art, 

And  fure  I  would  be  thine : 
If  my  foul  has  felt  thy  grace, 
]f  tome  thy  name  is  known  : 
Why  mould  trifles  fill  the  place, 
Due  to  thyfelf  alone. 

2  'Tis  a  ftrange  myflerious  life 
1  live  from  day  to  day  ; 

Light  and  darknefs,  peace,  and  ftrife, 

Bear  an  alternate  fway  : 
When  I  think  the  battle  won, 
I  have  to  fight  it  o'er  again  ; 
When  I  fay  I'm  overthrown, 

Relief  I  foon  obtain. 

3  Often  at  the  mercy-feat, 

While  calling  on  thy  name  ; 
Swarms  of  evil  thoughts  I  meet, 

Which  fill  my  foul  with  fhame : 
Agitated  in  my  mind, 
Like  a  feather  in  the  air  ; 
Can  I  thus  a  blefling  find  ? 

My  foul,  can  this  be  prayer? 

4  But  when  Christ,  my  Lord  and  Friend, 

Is  pleas'd  to  fliew  his  pow'r ; 
All  at  once  my  troubles  end, 

And  Pve  a  golden  hour  : 
Then  I  fee  his  imiling  face, 
Feel  the  pledge  of  joys  to  come; 
Often,  Lord,    repeat  this  grace 

Till  thou  fhalt  call  me  home. 

XXVIII. 


Hy.  29.  CONFLICT.  279 

XXVIII.     (c)     Prayer  for  Patience. 

1  T     ORD,  who  haft  fuffer'd  all  for  me, 
I  j  My  peace  and  pardon  to  procure; 

The  lighter  crofs  I  bear  for  thee, 
Help  me  with  patience  to  endure. 

2  The  florin  of  loud  repining  hufh, 

I  would  in  humble  filence  mourn  ; 

Why  mould  th'  unburnt,  tho'  burning  bufh, 

Be  angry  as  the  crackling  thorn? 

3  Man  mould  not  faint  at  thy  rebuke, 
Like  Jofhua  falling  on  his  face  (1), 
When  the  curs'd  thing  that  Achan  took, 
Brought  Ifrae!  into  jufl  difgrace. 

4  Perhaps  fonie  golden  wedge  fupprefs'd, 
Some  fccret  (in  offends  my  God  ; 
Perhaps   the  Babyloniih  veft, 
Self-righteoafriefs,  provokes  the  rod. 

5  Ah  !   were  I  buffeted  all  day, 

Mjck'd,  crown'd  with  thorns,  and  {pit  upon; 
I  yet  (hould  have  no  right  to  fay, 
My  great  diftrefs  is  mine  alone. 

6  Let  me  not  angrily  declare 

No  pain  was  ever  /harp  like  mine  ; 

W  murmur  at  the  crofs  I  bear, 
But  rather  weep,  rememb'ring  thine. 

XXIX.      (c)    Submiffion. 

1  /^\   Lord,  my  beft  defire  fulfil, 
V-/      And  help  me  to  refign, 

Life,  health,  and  comfort  to  thy  holy  will, 
And  make  thy  pleafure  mine. 

2  Why  fliould  I  (brink  at  thy  command, 

Whofe  love  forbids  my  fears? 
Or  tremble  at  the  gracious  hand 

That  wipes  away  my  my  tears?  3  No, 

(1)  Jofliua  vii.  10. 11. 


siSo  CONFLICT.  Bk.III. 

2  No,  let  me  rather  freely  yield 
What  moft  I  prize  to  thee  ? 
Who  never  haft:  a  good  withheld, 
Or  wilt  withhold  from  me. 

4  Thy  favour,  all  my  journey  through, 

Thou  art  engag'd  to  grant; 
Whatelfc  I  want,  or  think  I  do, 
'Tis  better  frill  to  want. 

5  Wifdom  and  mercy  guide  my  way, 

Shall  I  refiftthem  both? 
A  poor  blind  creature  of  a  day, 
And  cruuVd  before  the  moth! 

6  But  ah  !  my  inward  fpirit  cries, 

Still  bind  me  to  thy  fway  ; 
Elfe  the  next  cloud  that  veils  my  fkies, 
Drives  all  thefe  thoughts  away. 

XXX .     Why  Jhould  1  complain . 

i    rx?HEN  my  Saviour,  my  Shepherd  is   near, 
V V     How  quickly  my  foirows  depart  ! 
New  beauties  around  me  appear, 
New  fpirits  enliven  my  heart  ; 
His  prefence  gives  peace  to  my  foul, 
And  Satan  aflaultsme  in  vain  ; 
While  my  Shepherd  his  pow'r  controuls 
I  think  I  no  more  fiiall  complain. 

2  But  alas  !   what  a  change  do  I  find, 

When  my  Shepherd  withdraws  from  my  fight  : 

My  fears  all  return  to  my   mind, 

My  day  is  foon  chang'd  into   night  : 

Then  Satan  his  efforts  renews, 

To  vex  and  enfnare  me  again; 

All  my  pleating  enjoyments  I  lofe, 

And  can  only  lament  and  complain. 

3  Bv  thefe  changes  I  often  pafs  thro' 

I  am  taught  my  own  weaknefs  to  know  ; 

I  am 


Hv.  31.  CONFLICT.  281 

I  am  taught  what  my  Shepherd  can  do, 
And  how  much  to  his  mercy  I  owe  : 
It  is  he  that  fupports  me  thro'  all, 
When  I  faint,  he  revives  me   again  ; 
He  attends  to  my  pray'r  when  1  call, 
And  bids  me  no  longer  complain. 

4  Wherefore  then  mould  I  murmur  and  grieve? 
Since  my  fhepherd  is  always  the  fame, 

And  Ins  promis'd  he  never  will  leave  (ij 
The  foul  that  co;itiJes  in  his  name  : 
To  relieve  me  from  all  that  I  fear, 
He  was  bufctted,  tempted,  and  (lain  • 
And  at  length  he  will  furely  arpear, 
Tho'  he  leaves  me  a  while  to  complain. 

5  While  I  dwell  in  an  enemy's  land, 
Can  I  hope  to  be  always  in  peace  ? 

'  Tis  enough  that  my  Shepherd's  at  hand, 
And  that  ihortly  this  warfare  will  ceafe  ; 
For  ere  long  he  will  bid  me  remove  (2) 
From  this  region  of  forrow  and  pain, 
To  abide  in  his  prefence  above, 
And  then  I  no  more  fhall  complain. 

XXXI.     Return  0  Lord,  low  Img. 

1  "O  ETURN  to  blefs  my  waiting  eyes, 
XV   And  cheer  my  mourning  heart  O  Lord! 
Without  thee,  all  beneath  the  ikies 

No  real  pleafure  can  aflord. 

2  When  thy  lovM  prefence  meets  my  fight, 
It  foftens  care,  and  fv  ;]  ; 

The  fun  (bin  ;r, 

The  whole  creation  wears  a  Inailc, 
Upon  thine  arm  of  love  I  reft, 
gr?cioui 

A  a  2  i\0 

(0  J-  i  (2)    K 


*82  CONFLICT.  Bk.  III. 

No  ftorms  difturb  my  peaceful  breaft, 
No  foes  aflault  when  thou  art  near. 

4  But  ah  !  fince  thou  haft  been  away, 
Nothing  but  trouble  have  I  known ; 
And  Satan  marks  me  for  his  prey, 
Becaufe  he  fees  me  left  alone. 

5  My  fun  is  hid,  my  comforts  loft, 
My  graces  droop,  my  fins  revive  ; 
Diitrefs'd,  difmay'd,  and  tempeft-tofs'd, 
My  foul  is  only  j uft  alive  ! 

6  Lord,  hear  my  cry,  and  come  again  ! 
Put  all  mine  enemies  to  fhame, 

And  let  them  fee  'tis  not  in  vain 
That  I  have  trufted  in  thy  name. 

XXXII.     Caft  down,  bat  not  deftroyed. 

j   rTHHO'  fore  befet  with  guilt  and  fear, 
JL       I  cannot,  dare  not  quite  defpair  ; 
If  Imuft  perifli  would  the  Lord 
Have  taught  my  heart  to  love  his  word? 
Would  he  havegiv'c  me  eyes  to  fee  (ij 
My  danger,  and  my  remedy  ; 
ReveaPcl  his  name,  and  bid  me  pray, 
Had  he  refolv'd  to  fay  me  nay  ? 

2  No — tho*  caft  down,  I  am  not  flain 
I  fall,  but  Ifhall  rife  again  (i); 
The  prefent,  Satan,  is  thy  hour, 
But  Jesus  (hall  control  thy  pow*r: 
His  love  will  plead  for  my  relief, 

He  hears  my  groans,  he  fees  my  grief; 

Nor  will  he  fufrer  thee  toboaft, 

A  foul,  that  fought  his  help,  was  loft. 

3  ?Tis  true,  I  have  unfaithful  been, 
And  grievM  his  Spirit  by  my  fin ; 


Yet 


(i)  Judges  xiii.   2>  (2)  Micah  ?ii.  £. 


Hy.33-  CONFLICT.  283 

Yet  ftill  his  mercy  he'll  reveal, 
And  my  wounds  and  follies  heal  : 
Abounding  fin,  I  muit  confefs  (1), 
But  more  abounding  is  his  grace  ; 
He  once  vouchlaf'd  for  me  too  bleed, 
And  now  he  lives,  my  caufe  to  plead. 

4  I'll  caft  myfelf  before  his  feet, 
I  fee  him  on  his  mercy-feat; 
('Tis  fprinkled  with  atoning  blood) 

ere  Goners  find  accefs  to  God  : 
Ye  burden'd  fouls  approach  with  me, 
And  make  thy  Saviour's  name  your  plea  ; 
Jesus  will  psrdon  all  who  come, 
And  ftrike  our  fierce  accufers  dumb. 

XXXIII.     The  benighted  Traveller. 

1  T~^OREST  hearts,  that  live  by  prey, 
X7     Seldom  fhew  themfelves  by  day ; 
But  when  the  day-light  is  withdrawn  (2), 
Then  rove  and  roar  till  dawn. 

2  Who  can  tell  the  traveller's  fears, 
When  their  hcrrid  yells  he  hears? 
Terror  almoft  ltops  his  breath, 
While  each  ftep  he  looks  for  death. 

3  Thus  when  Jesus  is  in  view, 
Cheerful  I  my  way  purfue; 
Walking  by  my  Saviour's  li 
Nothing  can  my  foul  alfright. 

4  But  when  he  forbears  to  fhine, 
Soon  the  traveller's  cafe  is  mine  ; 
Loft,  benighted,  itruck  with  dread, 
What  a  painful  path  I  tread. 

5  Then  my  foul  with  terror  hears, 
Worfe  than  lions,  wolves,  or  bears, 

Ro;>: 

(1)  Rom.  1  (2)  Pfalm  civ.  20. 


CONFLICT.  Bk.  III. 

Roaring  loud  in  evYy  parr, 
Thro'  the  for  eft  of  my  heal 

6  Wrath,  impatience,  envy,  pride, 
Satan  and  his  hoit  befide, 
Prefs  around  me  to  devour  ; 
How  can  I  efcape  their  pow'r? 

/   Gracious  Lord  afford  me  light, 
Put  ihefe  beads  of  prey  to  flight; 
Let  thy  posvV  and  love  be  ihewn  (i  ) 
Save  me,  for  I  am  thine  own. 

XXXIV.     The  Priftmer. 

1  \li  7^^^  r'ie  Poor  Pr^s%ner  tnro>  a  grate 
VV     Sees  others  walk  at  large; 

How  does  he  mourn  his  lonely  ft  a  re, 

And  long  for  a  difcharge  ? 

2  Thus  I,  connVd  in  unbelief, 

My  lofs  of  freedom  mourn  ; 
And  fpend  my  hours  in  fruitlefs  grief, 
)AD  return. 

3  The  beam  of  day  which  pierces  thro* 

The  gloom  in  which  1  dwell, 
Only  dMclofes  to  my  view, 
The  horrors  cf  my  cell. 

4  Ah  !  how  my  penfive  fpirit  faints, 

To  think  of  former  days  ! 
When  1  could  triumph  with  the  faints, 
And  join  their  fongs  cf  praife  ! 

5  But  row  my  joys  are  all  cut 

In  prifon  I  ai 

I  feoff  (i) 
here's  your  God  at  lafl  ! 

6  Dear  Saviour  [or  thy  mercy's  fake, 

ftre:^,  l 

Thefe 
(i)  Pu!mcxi\ 


Hi .  35-  CONFLICT.  285 

Thefe  gates  and  bars  in  pieces  break  ( 1) 
And  fet  the  pris'ner  free  ! 

7  Surely  my  foul  (hall  fmg  to  thee, 
For  liberty  reftor'd ; 
And  all  thy  faints  admire  to  fee 
The  mercies  of  the  Lord. 

XXXV.     Perplexity  relieved. 

1  j  TNCERTAIN  how  the  way  to  find 
V^J    Which  to  falvatioo  led  ; 

I  lihVned  long,  with  anxious  mind, 
To  hear  what  others  faid, 

2  When  fome  of  joys  and  comforts  told, 

I  fear'd  that  I  was  wrong ; 

For  I  was  ftupid,  dead,  and  cold, 

Had  neither  joy  nor  fong. 

2  The  Lord  my  laboring  heart  relieved, 

And  made  my  burden  light  ; 
Then  for  a  moment  1  believ'd, 
Suppofing  all  was  right. 

4  Of  fierce  temptations  others  talk'd, 
Of  anguifh  and  difmay  ; 
Thro'  what  diftrefles  they  had  walk'd, 
Before  they  found  the  way. 

3  Ah  !   then  I  thought  my  hopes  were  vain, 

For  I  had  liv'J  at  cafe  ; 
I  v.ilh'd  for  all  my  fears   noain, 
To  make  me  more  like  tlu-fe. 

G  I  had  n  y  ivifh,  the  Lord  difclosM, 
The  evils  of  my  heart ; 
And  left  my  nal.ed  foul  expos'd 
To  Satan's  fiery  dart, 

7  Alis!  "  I  now  muft  give  it  up 
1  cry'd  in  deep  defpair  ; 

(1)  Pfalmxii.  7. 


286  CONFLICT.  Bk.  Ill, 

How  could  I  dream  of  dawning  hope, 
From  what  I  cannot  bear ! 

8  Again  my  Saviour  brought  me  aid, 
And  when  he  fet  me  free, 
u  Truft  (Imply  on  my  word,  he  faid, 
And  leave  the  reft  to  me. 

XXX V I.     Prayer  anfwcred  by  Crqffes. 

i   T  Ask'd  the  Lord  that  I  might  grow 
A    In  faith,  and  love,  and  ev'ry  grace  ; 
Might  more  of  his  falvation  know, 
And  feek  more  earneftly  his  face. 

2  'Twas  he  who  taught  me  thus  to  pray, 
And  he,  I  truft,  has  anfwer'd  pray'r; 
But  it  has  been  in  fuch  a  way, 

As  almoft  drove  me  to  defpair. 

3  1  hop'd  that  in  fome  favoured  hour, 
At  once  he'd  anfwer  my  requeft  ; 
And  by  his  love's  conftraining  pow'r, 
Subdue  my  fins,  and  give  me  reft. 

4  Inftead  of  this  he   made  mr  feel, 
The  hidden  evils  of  my  heart; 
And  let  the  angry  pow'rs  of  hell 
Aflault  my  foul  in  ev'ry  part. 

5  Yea  more,  with  his  own  hand  he  feem'd 
Intent  to  aggravate  my  woe  ; 
CrolVd  all  the  fair  defigns  I  fchem'd, 
Blafted  my  gourds,  and  laid  me  low. 

6  Lord,  why  is  this,  I  trembling  cry'd, 
Wilt  thon  purfue  thy  worm  to  death? 
"  'Tis  in  this  way  (the  Lord  reply 'd), 
I  anfwer  pray'r  for  grace  and  faith. 

7  "  Thefe  inward  trials  I  employ, 
From  felf,  and  pride,  to  fet  thee  free ; 

And 


Uy.  37.  CONFLICT.  287 

And  break  thy  fchemes  of  earthly  joy, 
That  thou  may'ft  feek  thy  all  in  me.^ 

XXXVII.    /  will  truft  and  not  be  afraid. 

1  TJEGONE  unbelief, 
jD  My  Saviour  is  near, 
And  for  my  relief 

Will  iurely  appear . 
By  pray'r  let  me  wreftle, 
And  he  will  perform, 
With  Christ  in  the  veffel, 
I  fmile  ac  the  florin. 

2  Tho'  dark  be  my  way, 
Since  he  is  my  guide, 
?Tis  mine  to  obey, 
'Tis  his  to  provide  ; 
Tho'  cifterns  be  broken, 
And  creacures  all  fail, 
The  word  he  has  fpoken 
Shall  furely  prevail. 

3  His  love  in  time  pad 
Forbids  me  to  think 
He'll  leave  me  atlaft 
In  trouble  to  fink; 
Each  fweet  Ebenezer 
I  nave  in  review, 
Confirms  his  good  pleafure 
To  help  me  quite  thro'. 

4  Determined  to  lave, 

He  watch 'd  o'er  my  path, 
When  Satan's  blind  Qa 

I  fported  with  death  ; 

And  can  he  have  taught  me 

To  truft  in  his  name, 

And  thus  far  have  brought  me, 

To  put  me  to  iharne  ? 

5  why 


288  CONFLICT.  Bk.  III. 

5  Why  mould  I  complain 
Of  want  or  diftrefs, 
Temptation  or  pain  ? 
He  told  me  no  lefs  : 
The  heir's  of  falvation, 
I  know  from  his  word, 
Thro'  much  tribulation, 
Mull  follow  their  Lord  (i). 

6  How  bitter  that  cup, 
No  heart  can  conceive, 
Which  he  drank  quite  up, 
That  Tinners  might  live  ! 
His  way  was  much  rougher, 
And  darker  than  mine  ; 
Did  Jesus  thus  fufFer, 
And  fhall  I  repine? 

7  Since  all  that  I  meet 
Shall  work  for  my  good, 
The  bitter  is  fweet, 
The  medicine  is  food  ; 
Tho'  painful  at  prefent, 

9 Twill  ceafe  before  long, 
And  then  oh  ;  how  plea  fan  t 
The  conqueror's  fong  (2)  ! 

XXXVIII.     Quejlions  to   Unbelief. 

2   TF  to  Jesus  for  relief, 

X  My  foul  had  fled  by  pray'r  ; 
Why  lhould  I  give  way  to  grief, 

Or  heart-confuming  care  ? 
Are  not  all  things  in  his  hand  ? 
Has  not  his  promife  paft  ? 
Will  he  then  regardlefs  ftand, 

And  let  me  fink  at  lalt? 

2  While  I  know  his  providence 
Difpofcs  each  event; 

m 
(1)  Adsxiv.  23.  (a)  Rom.viii.  37. 


Shall 


Hv.  j£,  CONFLICT.  289 

Shall  I  judge  by  feeble  fenfe, 

And  yield  t-o  difcontent? 
If  he  worms  and  fparrows  feed, 
Clothe  the  grafs  in  rich  array  (1); 
Can  he  fee  a  child  in  need, 

And  turn  his  eye  away? 

3  When  his  name  was  quite  unknown. 

And  fin  my  life  employed  ; 
Then  he  watch'd  me  as  his  own. 

Or  I  had  been  deftroy'd  : 
Now  his  mercy-feat  I  know, 
Xow  by  grace  am  reconcile ; 
Would  he  fpare  me  while  a  foe  ( . 

To  leave  me  when  a  child? 

^  If  he  all  my  wants  fupply'd 
When  I  difdain  to  pray; 
Now  his  Spirit  is  my  guide, 
How  can  he  fay  me  nay  ? 
If  he  would  not  give  me  up, 
When  my  foul  againft  him  fought  ; 
Will  he  difappoint  the  hope, 

Which  he  himfelf  has  wrought? 

5  If  he  fhed  his  precious  blood 

To  bring  me  to  his  fold  ; 
Can  I  think  that  meaner  good(3) 

He  ever  will  withhold? 
Satan,  vain  is  thy  device! 
Here  my  hope  refls  well  afiur'd, 
In  that  great  redemption-price, 

I  fee  the  whole  fecur'd. 

XXXIX.     Great  Effefls  by  weak  Means* 
i   T  T\BELIEF  the  foul  difmays ; 
^    What  objections  will  itraife  » 
But  true  faith  iecurely  leans 
On  the  promife,  in  the  means. 

B  b  t  If 

(I)  Matt.Ti.  2d,     (*)  Rom.  v,  10.       (3)  Rota,  Viii  3*. 


^9°  CONFLICT.  Bk.  III. 

2  If  to  faith  it  once  be  known, 
God  has  faid,  "  it  mall  be  done, 
And  in  this  appointed  way  ;" 
Faith  has  then  no  more  to  fay. 

3  Mofes'  rod  by  faith  appear'd  (r), 
Thro'  the  fea  a  path  prepared  ; 
Jericho's  devoted  wall  (2) 

At  the  trumpet's  found  muft  fall. 

4  With  a  pitcher  and  a  lamp  (3) 
Gideon  overthrew  a  camp  ; 

And  a  ftone,  well  airn'd  by  faith  (4), 
Proved  the  arm'd  Philiftine's  death. 

5  Thus  the  Lord  is  pleas'd  to  to  try 
Thofe  who  on  his  help  rely  ; 

By  the  means  he  makes  it  known, 
That  the  pow'r  is  all  his  own. 

6  Yet  the  means  are  not  in  vain, 
If  the  end  we  would  obtain  ; 

Tho '  the  breath  of  pray'r  be  weak. 
None  fhall  find  but  they  who  feek. 

7  God  alone  the  heart  can  reach, 
Yet  the  minifters  muft  preach  : 
>Tis  their  part  the  feed  to  fow, 
And  'tis  his  to  make  it  grow. 

XL.     Why  art  thou  caft  down  P 

1  HE  ftill  my  heart !  thefe  anxious  cares, 
JD  To  thee  are  burdens  thorns  and  fnares; 
-i  hey  caft  diflionour  on  thy  Lord, 

And  contradict  his  gracious  word. 

2  Brought  fafely  by  his  hand  thus  far, 
Why  wilt  thou  now  give  place  to  fear? 
How  canft  thou  want  if  he  provide, 
Or  lofe  thy  way  with  fuch  a  guide? 


(1)  Exodus  xlv.  21.  (2)  Joihua  vl.  22. 

(3)  Judges  rii    22.  (4)  I  Sam.  xvii.  42. 


3  When 


Hy.  4i.  CONFLICT.  291 

3  When  firft  before  his  mercy-feat, 
Thou  didft  to  him  thy  all  commit  ; 

He  gave  thee  warrant,  from  that  hour, 
To  truft  his  wifdom,  love,  and  pow'r. 

4  Did  ever  trouble  yet  befal, 
And  he  refufe  to  hear  thy  call  ? 
And  has  he  not  his  promife  pad, 
That  thou  fhalt  overcome  at  laft? 

3  Like  David,  thou  may'ft  comfort  draw, 
Sav'd  from  the  bear's  and  lion's  paw% 
Goliath's  rage  I  may  defy, 
For  God,  my  Saviour,  ftill  is  nigh. 

6  He  who  has  help'd  me  hitherto, 
Will  help  me  all  my  journey  thro'; 
And  give  me  daily  caufe  to  raife 
New  Ebenezers  to  his  praile. 

7  Tho'  rough  and  thorny  be  the  road, 
It  leads  thee  home,  apace,  to  God  : 
Then  count  thy  prefent  trials  fmalJ, 
For  heav'n  will  make  amends  for  all. 

XLI.     The  way  of  Accefs. 

1  /*^NE  glance  of  thine  eternal  Lord, 
V-/  Pierces  all  nature  thro' ; 

Nor  heav'n,  nor  earth,  nor  hell  afford 
A  ihelter  from  thy  view  ! 

2  The  mighty  whole,  each  finaller  part, 

At  once  before  thee  lies  ; 
And  ev'ry  thought  of  ev'ry  heart, 
Is  open  to  thine  eyes. 

3  Tho'  greatly  from  myfelf  conceal'd, 

Thou  fee'ft  my  inward  frame ; 
To  thee  I  always  (land  reveal'd, 
Exaclly  as  I  am. 

4  Since 


291  CONFLICT.  Bk.  III. 

4  Since  therefore  I  can  hardly  bear 

What  inmyfelf  I  fee, 
How  vile  and  black  muft  I  appear, 
Mod  holy  God,  to  thee. 

5  But  fince  my  Saviour  (lands  between, 

In  garments  dy'd  in  blood  ; 

'Tis  he,  inftead  of  me,  is  feen, 

When  I  approach  to  God. 

6  Thus,  tho'  a  (inner,  I  am  fafe ; 

He  pleads  before  the  throne, 
His  life  and  death  in  my  behalf, 
And  calls  my  fins  his  own. 

7  What  wond'rous  love,  what  myfteries, 

In  this  appointment  fhine! 
My  breaches  of  the  law  are  his  (i), 
And  his  obedience  mine. 

XLII.       The  Pilgrim's  Song. 

i       T?ROM  Egypt  lately  freed 
J?    By  the  Redeemer's  grace  J 
A  rough  and  thorny  path  we  tread, 
In  hopes  to  fee  his  face. 

2  The  flefh  diflikes  the  way, 
But  faith  approves  it  well  ; 

This  only  leads  to  endlefs  day, 
All  others  lead  to  hell. 

3  The  promis'd  land  of  peace 
Faith  keeps  in  conftant  view; 

How  different  from  the  v.ildernefs 
We  now  are  pafling  thro' ! 

4  Here  often  from  our  eyes 
Clouds  hide  the  light  divine  ; 

There  we  fhall  have  unclouded  fkies, 
Our  fun  will  always  fhine. 


(i)  %  Cor.  v.  21. 


^  Here 


Hy.  .43.  C  O  M  F  O  R  T.  2^ 

5  Here  griefs,  and  cares,  and  pains, 
And  fears,  diftrefs  us  fore; 

But  there  eternal  pleafure  reigns, 
And  we  (hall  weep  no  more. 

6  Lord,  pardon  our  complaints, 
We  follow  at  thy  call  ; 

The  joy,  prepar'd  for  fufPring  faints, 
Will  make  amends  for  all. 

SIMILAR     HYMNS. 

Book  I.   Hymn  10,  13,  21,  22,  24,  27,  40,  43, 
44,    51,  56,63,  76,  88,   107,  115,  126, 
130,  131,  136,  142. 
Book  II.  Hymn  30,  31,  84,  87,  92. 


IV.     C  O  M  F  O  R  T. 

LX  III.     Faith  a  ns iu  an  :l  cvnprehenftve  Senfe . 

1  QIGHT,  hearing,  feeling,  tafte  and  fmell, 
k3  Are  gifts  we  highly  prize; 

But  faith  does  fmgly  each  excel, 
And  all  the  five  comprife. 

2  More  piercing  than  the  eagle's  fight, 

It  views  the  world  unknown  : 
Surveys  the  glorious  realms  of  light, 
And  Jesus  on  the  throne. 

3  It  hears  the  mighty  voice  of  God, 

And  ponders  what  he  faith; 
Hfa  woM  and  works,  bis  gifts  and  rod, 
e  to  faith. 

4  It  feels  the  touch  of  heavenly  pow'r(i) 

ircc. 

B  h  Derives 

(1)  Luke  liil 


294  COMFORT.  Bk.  III. 

Derives  frefh  vigour  ev'ry  hour 
To  run  its  daily  courfe, 

5  The  truth  and  goodnefs  of  the  Lord 

Are  fuited  to  its  tafte  (i)  ; 
Mean  is  the  worlding's  pampered  board, 
To  faith's  perpetual  feaft. 

6  It  fmells  the  dear  Redeemer's  name 

Like  ointment  pour'd  forth  (2)$ 
Faith  only  knows,  or  can  proclaim, 
Its  favour  or  its  worth. 

7  Till  faving  faith  poflefs  the  mind, 

In  vainoffenfe  we  bo  aft  ; 
We  are  but  fenfelefs,  taftelefs,  blind, 
And  deaf,  and  dead,  and  loft. 

XLIV.   (c)  The  happy  Change. 

1  TJOW  bleft  thy  creature  is,  O  Cod, 
.Li   When  with  a  Tingle  eye, 

He  views  the  luftre  of  thy  word, 
The  day-fpring  from  on  high  ? 

2  Thro'  all  the  ftorms  that  veil  the  (kes, 

And  frown  on  earthly  things  ; 
The  fun  of  righteoufnefs  he  eyes, 
With  healing  on  his  wings. 

3  Struck  by  that  light,  the  human  heart  (3), 

A  barren  foil  no  n\ore  ; 
Sends  the  fweet  fmell  of  grace  abroad, 
Where  ferpentslurk'd  before. 

4  The  foul,  a  dreary  province  once 

Of  Satan's  dark  domain, 
Feels  a  new  empire  form'd  within, 
And  owns  a  heav'nly  reign, 
c  The  glorious  orb,  whofe  golden  beams 
The  fruitful  year  control ; 

Since 
(1)  Pfalm  cxix.       (*)  Sol.  Song  i.  3.  (3)  Ifaiah  xxxv.  7. 


Hy.  45.  COMFORT.  i95 

Since  firft,  obedient  to  thy  word, 
He  ftarted  from  the  goal: 

6  Has  cheer'd  the  nations  with  the  joys 
His  orient  rays  impart; 
But,  Jesus,  'tis  thy  light  alone, 
Can  fhine  upon  the  heart. 

XLV.      (c)     Retirement. 

1  T7*AR  from  the  world,  O  Lord,  I  flee, 
jl     From  ftrife  and  tumult  far  ; 

From  fcenes  where  Satan  wages  ftill 
His  mod  fuccefsfui  war. 

2  The  calm  retreat,  the  filent  fhnde, 

With  pray'r  and  praife  agree  ; 
And  feem,  by  thy  fweet  bounty  made, 
For  thofewho  follow  thee. 

3  There  if  thy  Spirit  touch  the  foul, 

And  grace  her  mean  abode  ; 
Oh  with  what  peace,  and  joy,  and  love, 
She  communes  with  her  God! 

4  There  like  the  nightingale  fhe  pours 

Her  folitary  lays  ; 
Nor  afksa  witnefs  of  her  fong, 
Nor  thirds  for  human  praiie. 

5  Author  and  Guardian  of  my  life, 

Sweet  fource  of  light  divine  ; 
And  (all  harmonious  names  in  one) 
My  Saviour  thou  art  mine  ! 

6  What  thanks  I  owe  thee,  and  what  love, 

A  bouudlefs,  endlefs  (tore  ; 
Shall  echo  thro'  the  realms  above 
When  time  ihall  be  no  more. 

XLVI 


2<;b  COMFORT.  Bk.III. 

XLVI.     Jesus  my  AIL 

i   \X7HY  fhould  I  fear  the  darken1  hour, 
^*     Qr  tremble  at  the  tempter's  pow'r? 
Jesus  vouchfafes  to  be  my  towY. 

2  Tho'  hot  the  fight,  why  quit    the  field? 
Why  mud  I  either  flee  or  yield, 
Since  Jesus  ismy  mighty  ihield  ? 

3  When  creature-comforts  fade  and  die, 
Worldlings  may  weep  :  but  why  fliould  I? 
Jesus  ft  ill  lives,  and  flill  is  nigh. 

4  Tho' all  the  flocks  and  herds  were  dead, 
My  foul  a  famine  need  not  dread, 

For  Jesus  is  my  living  bread. 

5  I  know  not  what  may  foon  betide, 
Or  how  my  wants  mall  be  fupply'd  ; 
But  Jesus  knows,  and  will  provide. 

6  Tho'  fin  would  fill  me  with  diftrefs, 
The  throne  of  grace  I  dare  addrefs, 
For  Jesus  is  my  righteoufnefs. 

7  Tho'  faint  my  pray'rs,  and  cold  my 'love, 
My  Itedfaft  hope  fhall  not  remove, 
While  Jesus  intercedes  above. 

8  Againft  me  earth  and  hell  combine  : 
But  on  my  fide  is  powY  divine  : 
Jesus  is  all  and  he  is  mine. 

XLVII.     The  huldtn  life. 

i   rT^O  tell  the  Saviour  all  my  wants,. 
JL       How  pleating  is  the  talk? 
Nor  lefs  to  praife  him  \\  hen  he  gc 
Beyond  what  I  can  aft. 

I  My  laboring  fpirit  vainly  fecks 
To  tell  but  half  the  joy  : 

With. 


Hy.  48.  COMFORT.  297 

With  how  much  tendernefs  he  fpeaks, 
And  hepls  me  to  reply. 

3  Nor  were  it  wife  nor  lhould  I  choofe 

Such  fecrets  to  declare  ' 
Like  precious  wines  their  tafte  they  lcfe, 
Expos'd  to  open  air. 

4  But  with  this  boldnefs  I  proclaim, 

Nor  care  if  thoufands  hear; 
Sweet  is  the  ointment  of  his  name, 
Xot  life  is  half  fo  dear. 

5  And  can  you  frown  my  former  friends, 

Who  knew  what  once  I  was  ; 
And  blame  the  fong  that  thus  commends 
The  man  who  bore  the  crois. 

5  Truft  me  I  draw  the  likenefs  true, 
And  fuch  as  fancy  paints ; 
Such  honour  may  he  give  to  you, 
For  fuch  have  all  his  fants. 

XL VIII.     Joy  and  Peace  in  believing. 

1  QOMETIMES  a  light  furprifes 
O  The  Chriftian  while  he  ling*  ; 
It  is  the  Lord  who  rifes 

With  healing  on  his  wings; 
When  comforts  are  declining, 

He  grants  the  foul   again 
A  feafon  of  clear  fhining, 

To  cheer  it  after  rain. 

2  In  holy  contemplation, 

We  fweetly  then  purfue 
The  theme  of  God's  fa 

I  find  it  c. , 
Set  free  from  pi  c  I 

Wc  cheerful!- 


298  COMFORT.  Bk.  Ill 

E'en  let  the  unknown  to-morrow  (i) 
Bring  with  it  what  it  may. 

3  It  can  bring  with  it  nothing 

But  he  will  bear  us  thro', 
Who  gives  the  lilies  clothing, 

Will  clothe  his  people  too  : 
Beneath  the  fpreading  heavens, 

No  creature  but  is  fed  ; 
And  he  who  feeds  the  ravens. 

Will  give  his  children  bread. 

4  The  vine  nor  fig-tree  neither  (2) 

Their  wonted  fruit  (hall  bear, 
Tho?  all  the  fields  fhould  wither, 

Nor  flocks  nor  herds  be  there  : 
Yet  God  the  fame  abiding, 

His  praife  fhall  tune  my  voice  5 
For  while  in  him  confiding, 

I  cannot  but  rejoice. 

XL IX     (c)     True  Plcafures. 

1  X     ORD,  my  foul  with  pleafure  fprings, 
I   J   When  Jesus'  name  I  hear; 

And  when  God  the  fpirit  brings 

The  word  of  promife  near : 
Beauties  too,  in  holinefc, 
Still  delighted  I  perceive  ; 
Nor  have  words  that  can  exprefs 

The  joys  thy  precepts  give. 

2  Cloth'd  in  fancYity  and  grace, 

How  fweet  it  is  to  fee, 
Thofe  who  love  thee  as  they  pafs, 

Or  when  they  wait  on  thee  : 
Pleafant  too,  to  fit  and  tell 
What  we  owe  to  love  divine ; 


(1)  Matt.  vi.  3-4.     (a)  Habbakkuk,  iu.  17.  18. 


Till 


Hy.  50.  COMFORT.  299 

Till  our  bofoms  grateful  fwell, 
And  eyes  begin  to  (bine. 

3      Thofe  the  con- forts  I  poflefs, 

Which  God  fha!l  ftill  increafe  : 
All  his  ways  are  pleaiantnefs  (1), 

And  all  his  paths  are  peace : 
Nothing  Jesus  did  or  fpoke, 
Henceforth  let  me  ever  flight ; 
For  I  love  his  eafy  yoke  (2) , 
And  find  his  burden  light. 

L.     (c)     The  Cbrijllan. 

1  T  TONOUR  and  happinefs  unite 

JL  1   To  make  the  Christian's  name  a  praife  ; 
How  far  the  fcene,  how  clear  the  light, 
That  fills  the  remnant  of  his  days! 

2  A  kingly  character  he  bears, 

No  change  his  prieftly  office  knows  ; 
Unfading  is  the  crown  he  wears, 
His  joys  can  never  reach  a  dole. 

3  Adorn'd  with  glory  from  on  high, 
Salvation  mines  upon  his  face; 
His  robe  is  of  th'  etherial  dye, 

H  is  fteps  are  dignity  and  grace. 

4  Tnferiour  honours  he  difdains, 

Nor  (loops  to  take  applaufe  from  earth  ; 
The  King  of  kings  himielf  maintains 
Th'expences  of  his  heavenly  birth. 

5  The  nobleft  creatures  feen  below, 
Ordain'd  to  fill  a  throne  above  ; 
God  gives  him  all  he  can  bellow, 

1  lis  kingdom  of  eternal  love  ! 

[j  fbul  r  r  ivMh'd  at  the  thought] 
thioks  from  earth  1  fee  him  rife; 

An;. 
Ci)  Prov.   iii.  17.   (1)  Matt.  li   30. 


3qo  COMFORT.  Bk.  111. 

Angels  congratulate  hisjot, 

And  fhout  him  welcome  to  the  fkies  i 

LI.  (c)  Lively  Hep?  and  gracious  Fear. 

i   T  Was  a  grov'ling  creature  once, 
A     And  bafely  cleav'd  to  earth  ; 
I  wanted  fpiritto  renounce 
The  clod  that  gave  me  birth. 

2  But  God  has  breath'd  upon  a  worm, 

And  fern  me,  from  above, 
Wings  fuchas  clothe  an  angel's  form 
The  wings  of  joy  and  love. 

3  W  ith  thefc  to  Pifgah's  top  I  fly, 

And  there  delighted  ftand  : 
To  view  beneath  a  mining  Iky, 
The  fpacious  promised  land.    r 

4  The  Lord  of  all  the  vaft  domain 

Has  promised  it  to  me  : 
The  length  and  breadth  of  all  the  plain. 
As  far  as  faith  can  fee. 

5  How  glorious  is  my  privilege  ! 

To  thee  for  help  1  call  ; 
I  Hand  upon  a  mountain's  e^ge, 
Oh  f^vt  me,  left  I  fall ! 

6  Tho'  much  exalted  in  the  Lord, 

My  ftrength  is  not  my  own  ; 
Then  let  me  tremble  at  his  word, 
id  none  fhall  call  me  down. 

LI  I.     Confiden 

i   X^ES  !  fmcc  Gcd  himfelf  hasfaid  it, 
\        On  the  promiie  I  rely  ; 
His  good  word  demands  my  credit, 
What  can  unbelief  reply? 
Heis  ftrong,  and  can  fulfil, 
lie  is  truth,  and  therefore  will. 


Hv.  5i.  COMFORT. 

2  As  to  all  the  dotlba  and  queftions, 
Which  my  ip:rit  often  grieve, 

Thefe  are  Satan's  Qy  fuggeftions, 
And  I  need  no  anfwer  give  : 

He  would  fain  deftroy  my  hope, 

But  the  promife  bears  it  up. 

;.ire  the  L m^d  thus  far  has  I  me 

By  his  watchful  tender  care  ; 
Sure  'tis  he  himfelf  has  taught  me 
How  to  feek  his  face  by  pray'r  : 
After  lb  much  mercy  paft, 
Will  he  give  me  up  a:  lati? 

A  True  I've  been  a  fooliih  creature, 
An  J  have  Qnn'd  againft  his  grace  ; 
But  forgivenefs  is  his  nature, 
Tho'  he  juftly  hides  his  face  : 

Ere  he  call'd  me,  well  he  knew  (i;; 

What  a  hear:  like  Mine  I  do. 

5  In  my  Saviour's  interceflion 
Therefore  I  will  dill  confide  ; 
Lord  accept  my  free  confeflion, 
I  have  Qnn'd,  but  thou  hail  dy'd  (2)  : 

This  is  all  I  have  ro  plead, 

This  is  all  the  plea  I  need. 

LI  1 1.     Peace  reft  ore d. 

1  f^ti,  fpeak  that  gracious  word  again, 
K-J     And  cheer  my  drooping  heart, 
No  voice  but  thine  can  footh  my  pain, 

Or  bid  my  fears  depart. 

2  And  canft  thou  (1  hfafe  to  own 

A  wretch  fo  vile  as  I? 
And  may  I  i\\\\  approach  thy  throne, 
And  Abba  Father,  cry  ? 

C  c  3  Oh 

(1)  Ifaiah  lUiii.  8  .  f3)  Rom.  riii.  34. 


302  COMFORT.  Bk.  III. 

3  Oh  then  let  faints  and  angels  join, 

And  help  me  to  proclaim, 
The  grace  that  heal'd  a  breach  like  mine, 
x<\nd  put  my  foes  to  fhame  ! 

4  How  oft  did  Satan's  cruel  boaft 

My  troubled  foul  affright ! 
He  told  me  I  was  furely  loft, 

And  God  had  left  me  quite  (i). 

^  Guilt  made  me  fear,  left  all  were  true 
The  lying  tempter  laid ! 
But  now  the  Loud  appears  in  view, 
My  enemy  is  fled. 

6  My  Saviour,  by  his  powerful  word, 

Has  turn'd  my  night  to  day, 
And  his  falvation's  joys  reftor'd, 
Which  I  had  finn'd  away. 

7  Dear  Lord,  I  wonder  and  adore ; 

Thy  grace  is  all  divine  ; 
Oh  keep  me,  that  1  fin  no  more 
Againft  fuch  love  as  thine  ! 

LIV.     Hear  what  he  has  done  for  my  Soul! 

i   QAV'D  by  blood  I  live  to  tell, 
i5  What  the  love  of  Christ  hath  done; 
He  redeemed  my   foul  from  hell, 
Of  a  rebel  made  a  fon  : 
Oh!  I  tremble  ftill,  to  think 
How  fecure  1  liv'd  in  fin  ; 
Sporting  on  deftruclion's  brink, 
Yet  preferv'd  from  falling  in. 

2  In  his  own  appointed  hour, 
To  my  heart  the  Saviour  fpoke  ; 
Touch  d  me  by  his  Spirit's    pow'r, 
And  my  dang'rous  (lumber  broke, 

Then 

(i)   Pfalm'kxi.  II. 


H\.  55-  COMFORT.  303 

Then  I  faw;  and  own'd  my  guilt, 
Soon  my  gracious  Lord  reply'd  : 
"  Fear  not,  I  my  blood  have  fpilt, 
Twas  for  fuch   as  thee  I  dy'd." 

3  Shams  and  wonder,  joy  and  love, 
All  at  once  pofle&'d  my  heart  ; 
Can  I  hope  thy  grace  to  prove, 
After  acting  fuch  a  part  ? 

lf  Thou  haft  greatly  finn'd,  he  faid, 
But  I  freely  all  forgive  ; 
I  myfelf  thy  debt  have  paid, 
Now  I  bid  the  rife  and  live." 

4  Come,  my  fellow  finners,  try, 
Jesus'  heart  is  full  of  love  ; 
Oh  that  you,  as  well  as  I, 

May  his  wond'rous  mercy  prove  i 
He  has  fent  me  to  declare, 
All  is  ready,  all  is  free  : 
Why  mould  any  foul  defpair, 
When  he  fav'd  a  wretch  like  me. 

LV.     Freedom  from  Care. 

1  T  T  7HILE  I  liv'd  without  the  Lord, 

VV     (If  I  might  be  faid  to  live) 
Nothing  could  relief  afford  ; 
Nothing  fatisfucYion  give. 

2  Empty  hopes  and  groundlefs  fear, 
Mov'd  by  turns  my  anxious  mind  ; 
Like  a  feather  in  the  air, 

Made  the  fport  of  ev'ry  wind. 

3  Now  I  fee,  whate'er  betide, 
All  is  well  if  Christ  be  mine  ; 
He  has  promis'd  to  provide, 

1  have  only  to  relign. 

4  When 


3*4  COMFORT.  Bk.  III. 

4  When  a  fenfe  of  fin  and  thrall, 
Forc'd  me  to  the  tinner's  Friend  ; 
He  engag'd  to  manage  all, 

By  the  way  and  to  the  end. 

5  u  Caft,  he  faid  on  me,  thy  care  (j), 
'Tis  enough  that  I  am  nigh  ; 

I  will  all  thy  burdens  bear, 
I  will  all  thy  wants  fupply. 

6  "  Simply  follow  as  I  lead 
Do  not  reafon  but  believe ; 
Call  on  me  in  time  of  need, 
Thou  flialt  furely  help  receive." 

7  Lord,  I  would,  I  do  fubmit, 
Gladly  yield  my  all  to  thee; 
What  thy  wiidom  fees  moil  fit. 
Muft  be,  furely,  beft  for  me. 

8  Only  when  the  way   is  rough, 
And  the  coward  fleih  would  (tart, 
Let  thy  promife  and  thy  love, 
Cheer  and  animate  my  heart. 

LVI.     Humiliation  and  Praife. 

(Imitated  from  the  German.) 

I  TI7HEN  the  wounded  fpirit  hears 
VV     The  voice  of  Jesus'  blood  ; 

How  the  nufkige  (tops  the  tears 
Which  elfe  in  vain  had  flow'd  : 
Pardon,  grace,  and  peace  proclaimed, 
And  the  finner  callM  a  child ; 
Then  the  fiubborn  heart  is  tam'd, 
Renew'd  and  reconcil'd. 


Oh  !  'twas  grace  indeed,  to  fpare 
And  fave  a  wretch  like  me! 

(i)  Pfalm  iv.  32.  I  PcUr  v.  5 


Men 


Hy.  $7.  C  O  M  F  O  R  T.  3S5 

Men  or  angels  could  not  bear 
What  I  have  offer'd  thee: 
Were  thy  bolts  at  their  command, 
Hell,  ere  now,  had  been  my  place ; 
Thou  alone  fhould  filent  ftand, 
And  wait  to  (hew  thy  grace. 

3  If  in  owe  created  mind 

The  tendernefs  and  love 
Of  thy  faints  on  earth  were  joined, 

With  all  the  hofts  above  ; 
Still  that  love  were  weak  and  poor, 
If  compar'd,  my  Lord,  with  thine  ; 
Far  too  fcanty  to  endure 

A  heart  fo  vile  as  mine. 

4  Wond'rous  mercy  I  have  found, 

But  ah  !  how  faint  my  praife! 
Muft  I  be  a  cumber-ground, 

Unfruitful  aU  my  days? 
Do  I  in  thy  garden  grow, 
Yet  produce  thee  only  leaves? 
Lord,  forbid  it  fhould  be  fo! 

The  thought  my  fpirit  grie 

5  Heavy  charges  Satan  br: 

To  fill  me  with  diltrefs; 
Let  me  hide  beneath  thy  wings, 

And  plead  thy  righteoufnef  : 
Lord,  to  thee  for  help  I  call, 

promife  bids  me  come  ; 
'iell  him  thou  haft  paid  for  all, 

And  that  ball  ftrike  him  dumb. 


w 


LVII.     (c)     FcribePnr. 

r  found  the  bottle  fpent  (l) 
.   J  wept  o'er  Ifhrnad  ; 

C  c  2  A  mc 

(i)  Ccn.  xxi.  19, 


306  C  O  M  F  O  R  T.         Bk.  III. 

A  meffage  from  the  Lord  was  fent 
To  guide  her  10  a  well. 

2  Should  not  Elijah's  cake  and  cruife  (i) 

Convince  us  at  this  day  ; 
A  gracious  God  will  not  refufe 
Provisions  by  the  way  ? 

3  His  faints  and  fervants  fhall  be  ted, 

The  promife  is  fecure  ; 
"  Bread  (hall  be  giv'n  them,  as  he  faid, 
Their  water  fhall  be  lure  (2)." 

4  Repafts  far  richer  they  ihall  prove, 

Than  all  earth's  dainties  are  ; 
>Tis  fweet  to  tafte  a  Saviour's  love, 
Tho'  in  the  meaneft  fare. 

5  To  Jesus  then  your  trouble  bring, 

Nor  murmur  at  your  lot ; 
While  you  are  poor,  and  he  is  King, 
Ycu  fhall  not  be  forgot. 

LVIII.     Home  in  vieiv. 

1  A    S  when  the  weary  trav'ller  gains 

/i     The  height  of  fome  o'er-looking  hill, 
His  heart  revives,  if  crofs  the  plains 
He  eyes  his  home,  tho'  diftant  ftill. 

2  While  he  furveys  the  muchlov'd  fpot, 
He  (lights  the  ipace  that  lies  between  ; 
His  pad  fatigues  are  now  forgot, 
Becaufe  his  journey's  end  is  ken. 

3  Thus  when  the  chriflian  pilgrim  views 
By  faith,  hismaufion  in  the  Ikies, 
The  fight  his  fainting  llrength  renews, 
And  wings  his  fpeed  to  reach  the  prize. 

4  The  thought  of  home  his  fpirit  cheers, 

No  more  he  grieves  for  troubles  pair ; 

Nor 

(1)  Kings  xvii.  14,     (2)  Ifa.  xxxiii.  16. 


Hv.  59.       DEDICATION,  &c.         30; 

Nor  any  future  trial  fears  (1), 
So  he  may  fafe  arrive  at  laft. 

5  'Tis  there,  he  fays  I  am  to  dwell 
With  Jesus,  in  the  realms  of  day; 
Then  I  ihall  bid  my  cares  farewel, 
And  he  will  wipe  my  tears  away. 

6  Jesus,  on  thee  our  hope  depends, 
To  lead  us  on  to  thine  abode: 
AfTur'd  our  home  will  make  amends 
For  all  our  toil  while  on  the  road. 

SIMILAR     HYMNS. 

Book  I.  Hymn  4,  7,  9,  11,  25,  35,  36,  39,  41, 

46,  47,  48,  7o;  95,  128,  132, 
Book  II.  Hymn  45,  46,  47. 


V.     Dedication  and  Surren  d  e  r. 

L I X .     Old  things  are  faffed  aivay . 

I    T     ET  worldly  minds  the  world  purfue, 
I   J      It  has  no  charms  for  me  ; 
Once  I  admir'd  its  trifles  too, 
But  grace  has  fet  me  free. 

1  Itspleafures  now  no  longer  pleafe, 
No  more  content  afford  ; 
Far  from  my  heart  be  joys  like  thefe, 
Now  I  have  feen  the  Lokd. 

3  As  bv  the  light  of  op'ning  day 
The  (Kirs  are  all  conccal'd  ; 
So  earthly  plealbres  fade  away, 
When  Jtsus  is  reveal'd. 

4  Creatures 

(1)  Ads  xx.  24. 


3° 


8        D  E  D  I  C  A  T  I  O  N  ,  &c.     Bk.  III. 

4  Creatures  no  more  divide  my  choice, 

I  bid  them  all  depart  ; 
His  name,  and  love,  and  gracious  voice, 
Have  fix'd  my  roving  heart. 

5  Now,  Lord,  I  would  be  thine  alone, 

And  wholly  live  to  thee  ; 
But  may  I  hope  that  thou  wilt  own 
A  worthlefs  worm  like  me  ? 

6  Yes  !  tho'  of  finners  Pm  the  worft, 

I  cannot  doubt  thy  will  ; 
For  if  thou  hadft  not  lov'd  me  firfr 
J  had  refused  thee  dill  (i), 

LX.     The  power  of  Grace. 

j   TTAFPY  the  birth  where  grace  pre  fides 
X~l   To  form  the  future  life  ! 
In  wifdom's  paths  the  foul  fhe  guides, 
Remote  from  noife  and  drife. 

2  Since  I  have  known  the  Saviour's  name, 

And  what  for  me  he  bore  ; 
No  more  I  toil  for  empty  fame, 
I  third  for  gold  no  more. 

3  Placd  by  his  hand  in  this  retreat, 

I  make  his  love  my  theme  ; 
And  fee  that  all  the  world  calls  great, 
Is  but  a  walking  dream. 

4  Since  he  hasrank'dmy  worthlefs  name 

Amongft  his  favour -d  few  ; 
Let  the  mad  world  who  feoff  at  them 
Revile  and  hate  me  too. 

5  O  thou  whofe  voice  the  dead  can  raife, 

And  foftcn  hearts  of  done, 
And  teach  the  dumb  to  ling  thy  praife, 
This  work  is  ail  thine  own  ! 

6  Thy 

(l)  Jeremiah  axxi,  3. 


Hy.  62.     D  E  D  I  C  A  T  I  O  N,  &c.     j 

6  Thy  wond'ring  faints  rejoice  to  fee 
A  wretch,  like  me,  reftor'd  : 
And  point,  and  fay,  u  How  changed  is  he, 
Who  once  defy'd  the  Lord  V 

y  Grace  bid  me  live,  and  taught  my  tongue 
To  aim  at  notes  divine  ; 
And  grace  accepts  my  feeble  fong, 
The  glory,  Lord,  be  thine  ! 

LXI.     (c)    My  foul  thirfleth  for  God. 

1  T  Thirst,  but  not  as  once  I  did, 

JL   The  vain  delights  of  earth  to  (hare  ; 
Thy  wounds,  Emmanual,  all  forbid, 
That  I  fhould  feek  my  pleafures  there. 

2  It  was  the  fight  of  thy  dear  crofs, 

Firft  wean'd  my  foul  from  earthly  things ; 
And  taught  me  to  cfteem  as  drofs, 
The  mirth  of  fools  and  pomp  of  kings. 

3  I  want  that  grace  that  fprings  from  thee, 
That  quickens  all  things  where  it  Hows  ; 
And  makes  a  wretched  thorn,  like  me, 
Bloom  as  the  myrtle,  or  therofc. 

4  Dear  fountain  of  delight  unknown  ! 
No  longer  fink  below  the  brim  ; 
But  overflow,  and  pour  me  down 
A  living,  and  life-giving  ftream  ! 

5  For  furc,  of  all  the  plants  that  fhare 
The  notice  of  thy  Father's  eye  ; 
None  proves  lefs  grateful  to  his  care. 
Or  yields  him  meanerfruit  than  J. 

LXII.    (c)   L:ve  Cjnflr amino  to  Obed'unce* 

jth  of  nature  can  fuffia 
rve  the  Lord  aright  ; 


1    "\TO  ftrcngth  of  nature  can  fuffice 
1M      To  fer 


And 


3io     D  E  D  I  C  A  T  1  O  N,  &c.     B&III. 

And  what  flic  has,  fhe  misapplies, 
For  want  of  clearer  light. 

2  How  long  beneath  the  law  I  lay 

In  bondage  and  didrels  ! 
1  toil'd  the  precept  to  obey, 
But  toil'd  without  fucceis. 

3  Then  to  abftain  from  outward  (in 

Was  more  than  I  could  do; 
Now  if  I  feel  its  powV  within* 
I  feel  I  hate  it  too. 

4  Then  all  my  fervile  works  were  done 

A  righteoufnefs  to  raife; 
Now  freely  cliofen  in  the  Son, 
I  freely  choofe  his  ways. 

5  What  fliould  I  do,  was  then  the  word, 

That  I  may  worthier  grow? 
What  (hall  I  render  to  the  Lord  ? 
Is  my  enquiry  new. 

6  To  fee  the  law  by  Christ  fulfilled, 

And  hear  his  pardoning  voice  ; 
Changes  a  fiave  into  a  child  (i), 
And  duty  into  choice. 

LX1IJ .   (c)  The  heart  healed  and  changed  by  Mercy \ 

I      qIN  enflav'd  me  many  years, 
ij   And  led  me  bound  and  blind  ; 
Till  at  length  a  thou  land  fears 
Came  i  warming  o'er  my  mind, 
Where,  1  faid  in  deep  diftrefs, 
Will  thefe  finful  plea  lures  end  ? 
liow  fhall  I  fecure  my  peace, 
And  make  the  Lord  my  friend? 

2  Friends 


(i)  Rom.  iii.  31. 


Hv.  64.     D  ED  1  C  AT  I  O  N,  &c.  311 

2  Friends  and  minifters  faid  much 

The  gofpel  to  enforce; 
But  my  blindnefsftill  was  fucbj 

I  chofe  a  legal  courfe  : 
Much  I  fafted,  watch'd,  and  drove, 
Scarce  would  (hew  my  face  abroad, 
Fear'd,  almoft,  to  fpeak  or  move, 

A  ftranger  (till  to  God. 

3  Thu3  afraid  to  truft  his  grace, 

Long  time  did  I  rebel  ; 
Till  defpairing  of  my  cafe, 

Down  at  his  feet  I  fell  : 
Then  my  (tubborn  heart  he  broke, 
And  fubdu'd  me  to  his  (way  ; 
By  a  fimple  word  he  fpoke, 

"  Thy  fins  are  done  away." 

LXIV.      (c)     Hatred  of  Sin. 

1  TTOLY  Lord  God  !   I  love  thy  truth, 
XjL   Nor  dare  thy  leaft  commandment  flight ; 
Yet  pierc'd  by  fin,   the  ferpent's  too:h, 

1  mourn  the  anguifii  of  the  bite. 

2  But  tho'  the  poifon  lurks  within, 
Hope  bids  me  (till  with  patience  wait ; 
Till  death  (hall  fet  me  free  from  fin, 
Free  from  the  only  thing  I  hate. 

3  Had  I  a  throne  above  the  reft, 
Where  angels  and  archangels  dwell ; 
One  fin,  unflain,  within  my  breaft, 
Would  make  that  heav'n  as  dark  as  fa 

4  The  pris/ner,  fent  to  breathe  frefh  air, 
And  blefs'd  with  liberty  again, 

Would  mourn  were  lie  condemn 'd  to  wear 
One  link  of  all  his  former  chain. 

5  But  oh  !  no  foe  invades  the  blifs, 

ny  crowns  the  chriitiau's  bead; 

One 


ji2  DEDIC  AT  ION;  kc     Bk.  Ill 

One  view  of  Jesus  as  he  is, 
Will  ftrike  all  iin  forever  dead. 

LXV.     The  Child,   (i). 

t    /^\UIET,  Lord,  my  froward  heart, 
V^,  Make  me  teachable  and  mild, 
Upright,  fimple,  free  from  art, 
Make  me  as  a  weaned  child  ; 
From  dittruft  and  envy  free, 
Pleased  with  all  that  pleafes  thee. 

j  What  thcu  (halt  to  to-day  provide, 
Let  me  as  a  child  receive ; 
What  to-morrow  may  betide, 
Calmly  to  thy   wifdom  leave  : 

'Tis  enough  that  thou  wilt  care, 
Why  mould  I  the  burden  bear? 

3  As  a  little  child  relies 

On  a  care  beyond  his  own ; 

Knows  he's  neither  ilrong  nor  wife  ; 

Fears  to  (Fir  a  ftep  alone  ; 
Let  me  thus  with  thee  abide, 
As  my  Father,  Guard,  and  Guide, 

4  Thus  prefer/ d  from  Satan's  wiles, 
Safe  from  dangers,  free  from  fears. 

:  I  live  upon  thy  fmiles, 
Till  the  promis'd  hour  appears; 
When  the  fonsof  God  fhall  prove 
All  their  Father's  boundlefs  love. 

LXVI.     Trite  Hafphtefs. 

i   TTIX  my  heart  and  eyes  en  tl 
£/       What  are  other  objects  wc 
But  to  fee  thy  glory  mine, 
Is  a  beav'n  begun  en  earth  : 


'i)  Pfaim  cixxi.  2   MatMviii.  3.  4. 


Hy.  67.      DEDICATION,tc,         313 

Trifles  can  no  longer  move, 
Oh,  I  tread  on  all  befide, 
When  I  feel  my  Saviour's  love, 
And  remember  how  he  dy'd. 

2  Now  my  fearch  is  at  an  end, 
Now  my  wifhes  rove  no  more  ! 
Thus  my  moments  I  would  fpend, 
Love,  and  wonder,  and  adore : 
Jesus,  fource  of  excellence  ! 

All  thy  glorious  love  reveal ! 
Kingdoms  fhall  not  bribe  me  hence, 
While  this  happinefs  I  feel. 

3  Take  my  heart  'tis  all  thine  own, 
To  thy  will  my  fpirit  frame; 
Thou  (halt  reign,  and  thou  alone, 
Over  all  I  have,   or  am  : 

If  a  foolifh  thought  fhall  dare 
To  rebel  againlt  thy  word, 
Slay  it,  Lord,  and  do  not  fpare, 
Let  it  feel  thy  Spirit's  fword. 

4  Making  thus  the  Lord  my  choice, 
I  have  nothing  more  to  choofe, 
But  toliften  thy  voice, 

And  my  will  in  thine  to  lofe  : 
Thus,  whatever  may  betide, 
I  (halliafe  and  happy  be  : 
Still  content  and  fatisfy'd, 
Having  all,  ill  having  thee. 

LXVII.     The  happy  Debtor. 

1  /~T-VEN  thoufand  talents  once  I  ow'd, 

X      And  nothing  had  to  pay  ; 
But  Jesus  freed  me  from  the  load, 
And  wafli'd  my  debt  away. 

2  Vet  fince  the  Lord  forgave  my  fin; 
And  blotted  out  my  fcore; 

D  d  Much 


3:4  CAUTIONS.  Bl.Ilt 

Much  more  indebted  I  have  been, 
Than  e'er  I  was  before. 

3  My  g^  *s  canceled  quite,   I  know, 

And  fatisfacYion  made  ; 
But  the  valt  debt  of  love  I  owe, 
Can  never  be  repaid. 

4  The  love  I  owe  for  fin  forgiven, 

For  power  to  believe, 
For  prefent  peace,  and  promis'd  heav'n, 
No  angel  can  conceive. 

5  That  love  of  thine  !  thou  Tinner's  Friend  ! 

Witnefsthy  bleeding  heart! 
My  little  all  can  ne'er  extend 
To  pay  a  thoufandth  part. 

6  Nay  more,  the  poor  returns  I  make 

I  firft  from  thee  obtain   (i)  ; 
And  'tis  of  grace,  that  thou  wilt  take 
Such  poor  returns  again. 

-i  'Tis  well — it  fhall  my  glory  be 

(Let  who  will  boaft  their  ftore) 
In  time,  and  to  eternity, 

To  owe  thee  more  and  more. 

SIMILAR    HYMNS. 

Book  I.  Hymn  27,  50,  70,  93,  122. 
Book  II.  Hymn  23,  90. 


■T 


VI.     CAUTIONS. 

LXV1II.   (c)  The  new   Convert. 

HE  new-born  child  of  gofpel-grnce, 
Like  fome   fair  tree  when  fummer's  nigh, 

Benaeth 

(1)  I   Chro.  xxi.  14. 


Hy.  69.  CAUTIONS.  315 

Beneath  Emmanuel's  fhining  face, 
Lifts  up  his  blooming  branch  on  high. 

2  No  fears  he  feels,  he  fees  no  foes, 
No.  conflict  yet  his  faith  employs, 
Nor  has  he  learnt,  to  whom  he  owes, 
The  ftrength  and  peace  his  foul  enjoys. 

3  But  fin  foon  darts  its  cruel  fling, 
And  comforts  finking  day  by  day  : 
What  feem'd  his  own,  a  felf-fed  fpring, 
Proves  but  a  brook  that  glides  away. 

4  When  Gideon  arm'd  his  numerous  hoft, 
The  Lord  foon  made  his  numbers  lefs  ; 
And  laid,  left  Ifrael  vainly  boaft  (1), 

"  My  arm  procur'd  me  this  fuccefs." 

5  Thus  will  he  bring  our  fpirits  down, 
And  draw  our  ebbing  comforts  low, 
That  fav'd  by  grace,  but  not  our  own, 
We  may  not  claim  the  praife  we  owe. 

LX1X.   (c)   True  and  falfe  Comforts. 

lf~\  God,  whofe  favourable  eye 
V_/  The  (in -lick  foul  revives; 
Holy  and  heav'nly  is  the  joy, 
Thy  ihining  prefence  gives. 

2  Not  fuch  as  hypocrites  fuppofe, 

Who  with  a  gracelefs  heart, 
Tafte  not  of  thee,  but  drink  a  dofe 
Prepar'd  by  Satan's  art. 

3  Intoxicating  joys  are  theirs, 

Who  while  they  boaft  their  light, 
And  feem'd  to  foar  above  the  itars, 
Are  plunging  into  night. 

4  LllU'd  in  a  fofi  and  fatal  Deep, 

They  (in  and  yet  rejoice ; 


(i)  Judges  vii.  2. 


Were 


316  CAUTIONS.  Bk.  III. 

Were  they  indeed  the  Saviour's  fheep, 
Would  they  not  hear  his  voice? 

5  Be  mine  the  co:nforts  that  reclaim 

The  foul  from  Satan's  pow'r  ; 
That  makes  me  blufh  for  what  I  am, 
And  hate  my  fin  the  more. 

6  >Tis  joy  enough,   my  All  in  All, 

At  thy  dear  feet  to  lie; 
Thou  wilt  not  let  me  lower  fall, 
And  none  can  higher  fly. 

LXX.     True  and  falfe  Zeal. 

i    'T'EAL  ls  r^ac  Pure  arjd  heav'nly  flame, 
JL^i  Tlie  fire  of  love  fupplies: 
While  that  which  often  bears  the  name, 
Is  felf  in  a  difguife. 

2  True  zeal  is  merciful  and  mild, 

Can  pity  and  forbear; 
The  falfe  is  headftrong,  fierce  and  wiid, 
And  breathes  revenge  and  war. 

3  While  zeal  for  truth  the  chriftian  warms, 

He  knows  the  worth  of  peace  ; 
But  felf  contends  for  names  and  fcrms 
Its  party  to  increafe. 

4  Zeal  has  attain'd  its  higheft  aim, 

Its  end  is  fatisfy'd  : 
If  iinners  love  the  Saviour's  name, 
Nor  feeks  it  ought  befide. 

5  But  felf  however  well  employed, 

Has  its  own  ends  in  view  ; 
And  fays,  as  boafting  Jehu  cry'd  (i), 
"  Come  fee  what  I  can  do." 

6  Self  may  its  poor  reward  obtain, 

And  be  applauded  here ; 

(i)  z  Kings  x.  16. 


But 


rTHi 


Hv.  71  CAUTIONS.  3,7 

But  zeal  the  beft  applaufe  will  gain, 
When  Jesus  (hall  appear. 

7  Dear  Lord,  the  ido'  felf  dethrone, 
And  from  our  hearts  remove  ; 
And  let  no  zeal  by  us  be  fhewn, 
But  that  which  fprings  from  love. 

LXXI.    (c)  A  living  and  a  dead  Faith. 

ME  Lord  receives  hishigheft  praife, 
From  humble  minds  and  hearts  fincere ; 
While  all  the  loul  profeflbr  fays, 
Offends  the  righteous  Judge's  ear. 

2  To  walk  as  children  of  the  day, 
To  mark  the  precepts  holy  light 

To  wage  the  warfare,  watch  and  pray, 
Shew  who  are  pleafmg  in  his  fight. 

3  Not  words  alone  it  coft  the  Lord, 
To  purchafe  pardon  for  his  own  ; 
Nor  with  a  foul,  by  grace  reftor'd, 
Return  the  Saviour's  words  alone. 

4  With  golden  bells,  the  prieftly  veft(i) 
And  rich  pomegranates  border'd  round, 
The  need  of  holinefs  exprefs'd, 

And  call  for  fruit  as  well  as  found. 

5  Eafy,  indeed  ic  were  to  reach 
A  man  Pi  on  in  the  courts  above, 

If  fwelling  words  and  fluent  fpeech 
Might  ferve,  inftead  of  faith  and  love. 

6  But  none  fhall  gain  the  blifsful  place, 
Or  God's  unclouded  glory  fee; 

Who  talks  of  free  and  fov'reign  grace, 
Unlefs  that  grace  has  made  him  free. 

D  d  2  LKXlli 

(i)  Exodus,  xxviii.  jj. 


3i8  CAUTIONS.  Bk.  1IJ. 

LXXII.  (c)  Mufi  of  the  Co/pel. 

i   npOO  many,  Lord,  abufe  thy. grace, 
Jl      In  this  licentious  day  ; 
And  while  they  boailthey  fee  thy  face,N 
They  turn  their  own  away. 

2  Thy  book  difplays  a  gracious  light 

That  can  the  blind  reftore  ; 
But  thefe  are  dazzled  by  the  fight, 
And  blinded  ft  ill  the  more. 

3  The  pardon  fuch  prefume  upon, 

They  do  not  beg,  butfteal; 
And  when  they  plead  it  at  thy  throne, 
Oh,  where's  the  Spirit's  feal  ? 

4  Was  it  for  this,  yelawlefs  tribe, 

The  dear  Redeemer  bled? 
Is  this  the  grace  the  faints  imbibe 
From  Christ  the  living  head? 

-^  Ah  Lord,  we  know  thy  chofen  few 
Are  fed  with  heavenly  fare  ; 
But  thefe  the  wretched  hufks  they  che vt 
Proclaim  them  what  they  are. 

0  The  liberty  our  hearts  implore 

Is  not  to  live  in  fin  ; 
But  (till  to  wait  at  wifdom's  doon, 
Till  mercy  calls  us  in. 

LXXIII.     (c)     The  narrow  Way. 

1  ^  TTHAT  thoufands  never  knew  the  road  I 
W  What  thoufands  hate  it  w  hen  'tis  known? 
None  but  the  chofen  tribes  of  God, 

Will  feek  or  chcofeitfor  their  own. 

2  A  thoufand  ways  in  ruin  end, 

~  One  only  leads  to  joys  on  high  ; 
By  that  my  willing  fteps  ascend, 
-ieas'd  with  a  journey  to  the  Jky. 

3  No 


Hy.  -  CAOTIONS.  319 

3  Xo  more  I  alt  or  hope  to  find, 
Delight  or  happinefs  belo 
Sorrow  may  well  poffefs  the  mind 

That  feeds  were  thorns  and  thirties  grow^ 

4  The  joy  that  fades  is  not  for  me,. 
I  feek  immortal  joys  above  ; 
There,  glory  without  end,  fhall  be 
The  bright  resvard  of  faith  and  love. 

5  Cleave  to  the  world  ye  fordid  worms, 
Contented  lick  your  native  duft; 
Bat  God  fhall  fight,  with  all  his  ftor 
Ajainft  the  idol  of  your  truft. 

LXXIV.   (c)   Deptndance. 

I  *  I  ^O  keep  the  lamp  alive 

X        With  oil  we  fill  the  bowl;. 
'Tis  water  makes  the  willow  thrive, 
And  grace  that  feeds  the  foul. 

Z         The  Lord's  unfparing  hud 
Supplies  the  living  ftream  ; 
It  is  not  at  our  own  command, 
But  ftril  deriv'd  from  him. 

3  Besvare  of  Peter's  word  ( 1 ) 
Nor  confidently  fay, 

u  I  never  will  deny  thee,  Lord," 
But  grant  I  never  may. 

4  Man's  wifdom  is  to  feek 
His  ftrength  in  God  alone  ; 

And  e'en  20  angel  uould  be  weak, 
Who  truft ed  in  his  own. 

5  Retreat  beneath  his  wings, 
And  in  his  grace  confide  ; 

This  more  exalts  the  King  of  kings  (2} 
Than  all  your  works  bdide. 

6  In 

(1)  John  vi-   29. 


32o  CAUTIONS.  Bk.  III. 

6         In  Je^us  is  ourflore, 

Grace  iflues  from  his  throne ; 
Whofoever  fays,  u  1  want  no  more," 
Confeffes  he  has  none. 

LXXV.  (c)  Not  of  Works. 

1  A">RACE,  triumphant  in  the  throne, 
Vj   Scorns  a  rival,  reigns  alone  ! 
Come  and  bow  beneath  her  (way, 
Caft  your  idol  works  away  : 

Works  of  man,  when  made  his  plea, 
Never  (hall  accepted  be; 
Fruits  of  pride  (vain-glorious  worm) 
Are  the  bed  he  can  perform. 

2  Self,  the  god  his  foul  adores, 
Influences  all  his  powers  ; 
Jesus  is  a  flighted  name, 
Self-advancement  all  his  aim  : 

But  when  God  the  judge  (hall  come, 
To  pronounce  the  final  doom  ; 
When  for  rocks  and  hills  to  hide, 
All  his  works  and  all  his  pride. 

3  Still  the  boaiting  heart  replies, 
What  the  worthy  and  the  wife, 
Friends  to  temperance  and  peace, 
Have  not  thefe  a  righteoufnefs  ? 
Banilh  ev'ry  vain  pretence 

Built  on  human  excellence  ;  I 

Perifli  ev'ry  thing  in  man, 
But  the  grace  that  never  can. 

LXXVI.     Sin's  Deceit. 

I    O  IN,  when  view'd  by  fcripture  light, 
i5      Is  a  horrid,  hateful  fight ; 
But  when  (ecn  in  Satan's  glaf-s, 
Then  it  was  a  pleafing  face, 

z  W*eo 


Hy.  77.  CAUTIONS.  3%t 

2  When  the  gofpel  trumpet  founds, 
When  I  think  how  grace  abounds, 
When  I  feel  fweet  peace  within, 
Then  I'd  rather  die  than  fin. 

3  When  the  crofs  I  view  by  faith, 
Sin  is  madnefs,  poifon,  death  ; 
Tempt  me  not,  'tis  all  in  vain, 
Sure  I  ne'er  can  yield  again. 

4  Satan  for  a  while  debarr'd, 
When  he  finds  me  off  my  guard, 
Puts  his  glafs  before  my  eyes, 
Quickly  other  thoughts  arife. 

5  What  before  excited  fears, 
Rather  plealing  now  appears ; 
If  a  fin,  it  feems  fo  fmall, 
Or,  perhaps,  no  fin  at  all. 

6  Often  thus,  thro'  fin's  deceit, 
Grief,  and  fhame,  and  lofs  I  meet ; 
Like  a  fiih,  my  foul  miftook, 

Saw  the  bait,  but  not  the  hook. 

7  O  my  Lord,  what  fhall  I  fay; 
How  can  I  prefume  to  pray  ? 
Not  a  word  have  I  to  plead, 
Sins,  like  mine,  are  black  indeed  ! 

8  Made,  by  pafl  experience,  wife, 
Let  me  learn  thy  word  to  prize  j 
Taught  by  what  I've  felt  before, 
Let  me  Satan's  glafs  abhor. 

LXX  VI I .     Are  there  few  that  /kail  I 

I        -pvESTRUCTION's  dangerous  road 
?    J    What  multitudes  purfue  ! 
While  that  which  leads  the  foul  to  God, 
Is  known  or  fought  by  few. 

2  Belie 


3^2  CAUTIONS.  Bk.  III. 

2  Believers  enter  in 

By  Christ  the  living  gate  ; 
But  they  who  will  not  leave  their  fin, 
Complain  it  is  too  (trait. 

3  If  felf  muft  be  deny'd, 
And  fin  forfaken  quite  ; 

They  rather  choofe  the  way  that's  wide, 
And  drive  to  think  it  right, 

4  Encompafs'd  by  a  throng, 
On  numbers  they  depend  ; 

So  many  furely*  can'r  be  wrong, 
And  mifs  a  happy  end. 

5  But  numbers  are  no  mark 
That  men  will  right  be  found  ; 

A  few  were  fav?d  in  Noah's  ark  (l) 
For  many  millions  drown'd* 

6  Obey  the  gofpel  call, 
And  enter  while  you  may ; 

The  flock  of  Christ  is  always  fniall,  (2) 
And  none  are  fafe  but  they. 

7  Lord,  open  fmners  eyes, 
Their  awful  ftate  to  fee; 

And  make  them,  ere  the  dorm  arife, 
To  thee  for  fafety  flee. 

LXXVIII.     The  Sluggard. 

3  rT^HE  wifnes  that  the  fluggard  frames  (3) 
JL     Of  courfe  muft  fruitlefs  prove  ; 
With  folded  arms  he  (lands  and  dreams, 
But  has  no   heart  tojnove. 

2  His  field  from  others  may  be  known, 
The  fence  is  broken  thro' ; 
The  ground  with  weeds  is  overgrown, 
And  no  good  crop  in  view. 

3  N° 

(t)    i  Pet.  mil.  20.  (2)  Luke  xii    22. 

(3)  ProT.  vi.  10,  and  xxiv.  30.  and  xxii.  13.  and  xx.  41. 


HY.  79.  CAUTIONS.  323 

3  Nohardfhip,  he,  or  toil,  can  bear, 

No  difficulty  meet ; 
He  waftes  his  hours  at  home,  for  fear 
Of  lions  in  the  ftreet. 

4  What  wonder  then  if  (loth  and  deep, 

Diftrefs  and  famine  bring  ! 
Can  he  in  harveft  hope  to  reap, 
Who  will  not  low  in  fpring? 

5  JTis  often  thus,  in  foul  concerns, 

We  gofpel-fluggards  fee  ; 
Who  if  a  wifh  would  ferve  their  turns^ 
Might  true  believers  be. 

6  But  when  the  preacher  bids  them  watch, 

And  feek,  and  drive,  and  pray  (1)  ; 
At  evVy  poor  excnfethey  catch. 
A  lion  in  the  way! 

7  To  ufe  the  means  of  grace,  how  loth  1 

We  call  them  (till  in  vain  ; 

They  yiekl  to  their  beloved  iloth, 

And  fold  their  arms  again. 

8  Dear  Saviour,  let  thypow'r  appear, 

The  outward  call  to  aid  ; 
Thefe  drowfy  fouls  can  only  hear 
The  voice  that  wakes  the  dead. 

LXXIX.     Not  in  Word,  but  in  Power. 

1    TjOW  foon  the   Saviour's  gracious  call, 
X"l   Difarm'd  the  rage  of  bloody  Saul  (2), 
JESUS,  the  knowledge  of  thy  name, 
Changes  the  lion  to  a  lamb  ! 

1  Zaccheus,  when  he  knew  the  Lord  (3), 
What  he  had  gain'd  by  wrong,  reitor'd; 
And  of  the  wealth  he  priz'd  before, 
He  give  the  half  to  feed  the  poor. 

3  1 

1)  I  Cor,  ix,  34.  Luke  xiii,  24.  (a)  A&s  ix,  6.  (3)  Luke  xix-S. 


324  P  R  A  I  S  E.  Bk.  III. 

3  The  woman  who  fo  vile  had  been  (i), 
When  brought  to  weep  o'er  pardon'd  fin, 
Was  from  her  evil  ways  eftrang'd, 

And  fhew'd  that  grace  her  heart  had  chang'd 

4  And  can  we  think  the  pow'r  of  grace 
Is  loft,  by  change  of  time  and  place? 
Then  it  was  mighty,  all  allow, 

And  is  it  but  a  notion  now  ? 

5  Can  they  whom  pride  and  padion  fway, 
Who  mammon  and  the  world  obey, 

In  envy  or  contention  live, 
Prefume  that  they  indeed  believe? 

6  True  faith  unites  to  C  h  r  i  s  t  the  root, 
By  him  producing  holy  fruit ; 

And  they  who  no  fuch  fruit  can  mow, 
Still  on  the  flock  of  nature  grow. 

7  LoPvD,  let  thy  word  effectual  prove 
To  work  in  us  obedient  love  ! 

And  may  each  one  who  hear  it,  dread 
A  name  to  live,  and  yet  be  dead  (2). 

SIMILAR     HYMNS. 

Book  I.  Hymn     8,  20,  $5,  87,  91,  104,  125, 

139,  141. 
Book  II.  Hymn  34,  49,  86,  91,  99. 


VII.     PRAISE. 


'O' 


LXXX.   (c)  Prai/e /or  Faith. 

F  all  the  gifts  thine  hand  beftows, 
hou  Giver  of  all  good  ! 

h  Not 

I  )Luke  iii  47*  (*)  Rev-  >>i-  !■ 


Hv.  8r.  PRAISE.  325 

Not  heav'n  itfelf  a  richer  knows, 
Than  my  Redemer's  blood. 

2  Faith  too,  the  blood  receiving  grace, 

From  the  fame  hand  we  gain ; 
Elfe  fweetly,  as  it  fuits  our  cafe, 
That  gift  had  been  in  vain. 

3  Till  thou  thy  teaching  pow'r  apply, 

Our  hearts  refufe  to  fee, 
And  weak,  as  a  diitemper'd  eye, 
Shut  out  the  view  of  thee, 

4  Blind  to  the  merits  of  thy  Son, 

What  mis'ry  we  endure! 
Yet  fly  that  hand,  from  which  alone, 
We  could  expecT:  a  cure. 

5  We  praife  thee,  and  would  praife  thee  more, 

To  thee  our  all  we  owe  ; 
The  precious  Saviour,  and  the  pow'r 
That  makes  him  precious  too. 

LXXXI.      (c)      Grace  and  Providence. 

1  A    LMiGHTYKing!   whofe  wond'rous  hand! 
±\.   Supports  the  weight  of  fea  and  land  • 
Whole  grace  is  fuch  a  boundlefs  {tore, 

No  heart  ihall  break  that  lighs  for  more. 

2  Thy  providence  fupplies  my  food, 
And  'tis  thy  blelFing  makes  it  good, 
My  foul  is  nouriuVd  by  thy  word, 
Let  foul  and  body  praife  the  Lord. 

3  My  ftreams  of  outward  comfort  came 
From  him,  who  built  this  earthly  frame  ; 
What  e'er  I  want  his  bounty  gives, 

!>/  whom  my  foul  for  ever  lives. 

4  Either  his  hand  preferves  from  pain, 
Or,  if  I  feel  it,  heals  again  ; 

E  e  From 


3*6  PRAISE.  Bk.  HI. 

From  Satan's  malice  fhields  my  breaft, 
Or  over-rules  it  for  the  bed. 

5  Forgive  the  fong  that  falls  fo  low, 
Beneath  the  gratitude  I  owe ! 
It  means  thy  praife,  however  poor, 
An  angel's  fong  can  do  no  more. 

LXXXII.     Praife  for  redeeming  Love* 

t  T     ET  us  \we,  zr\ifng,  and  wonder, 
I   J    Let  us  praife  the  Saviour's  name  ! 
He  has  hufli'd  the  Law's  loud  thunder, 
He  has  qnench'd  mount  Sinai's  flame  : 
He  has  waih'd  us  with  his  blood, 
He  has  brought  us  nigh  to  God. 

1  Let  us  love  the  Lord  who  bought  us, 
Pity'd  us  when  enemies ; 
Call'd  us  by  his  grace,  and  taught  us, 
Gave  us  ears,  and  gave  us  eyes : 

He  has  waih'd  us  with  his  blood, 

He  prefents  our  fouls  to  God. 

3  Let  us  fing,  tho'  fierce  temptations 
Threaten  hard  to  bear  us  down  ! 

For  the  Lord,  our  ftrong  falvation  (i), 
Holds  in  view  the  conqu'rors  crown  : 
He  vi  ho  wafh'd  us  with  his  blood, 
Soon  will  bring  us  home  to  God. 

4  Let  us  wonder,  grace  and  juftice, 
Join  and  point  to  mercy's  ftore  ; 

When  thro'  grace  in  Christ  our  trufl  is; 

Juftice  fmiles,  and  alks  no  more. 
He  who  wafh'd  us  with  his  blood, 
Hasfecur'd  our  way  to  God.  « 

5  Let  us  praife,  and  join  the  chorus 

Of  the  the  faints,  enthron'd  on  high  \ 

Here 

(i)  Rev.  ii.  10 


Hy.  83.  PRAISE.  327 

Here  they  trufted  him  before  us, 

Now  their  praifes  fill  the  fky  (1)  : 

"  Thou  haft  wafh'd  us  with  thy  blood, 
Thou  art  worthy,  Lamb  of  God  I" 

6  Hark!  the  name  of  Jesus,  founded 
Loud,  from  golden  harps  above  ! 
Lord,  we  bfufh,  and  are  confounded, 
Faint  our  praifes,  cold  our  love  ! 

VVafh  our  fouls  and  fongs  with  blood, 

For  by  thee  we  come  to  God . 

LXXXIII.     (c)  1  willpraife  the  Lord  at  all  times. 

i   TX7INTER  has  a  joy  for  me, 

V  V    While  the  Saviour's  charms  I  read, 
Lowly,  meek,  from  blemifh  free, 
In  the  fnow-drop'spenfive  head. 

2  Spring  returns,  and  brings  along 
Life  invigorating  funs  : 

Hark  !  the  turtle's  plaintive  fong, 
Seems  to  fpeak  his  dying  groans  J 

3  Summer  has  a  thoufand  charms, 
All  expreflive  of  his  worth  ; 

'lis  his  fun  that  lights  and  warms, 
His  the  air  that  cools  the  earth. 

4  What,  has  autumn  left  to  fayl 
Nothing  of  a  Saviour's  grace  ? 
Yes,  the  beams  of  milder  day 
Tell  me  of  his  fmiling  face. 

5  Light  appears  with  early  dawn 
While  the  fun  makes  hafte  to  rife, 
See  his  bleeding  beauties  drawn 
On  the  blufhes,  of  the  fkies. 

6  Ev'ning,  with  a  filent  pace, 

Slowly  moving  in  the  weft, 

Shews 
(i)Rct.  v.9. 


328  PRAISE.  Bk.  III. 

Shews  an  emblem  of  his  grace, 
Points  to  an  eternal  reft. 

LXXX1 V.     Perfeverance. 

i   T}  EJOICE,  believer  in  the  Lord, 
J^   Who  makes  yonr  canfe  his  own  ; 
The  hope  that's  built  upon  his  word, 
Can  ne'er  be  overthrown. 

2  Tho'  many  foes  befet  your  road, 
And  feeble  is  your  arm  ; 
Your  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God  (i), 
Beyond  the  reach  of  harm. 

3  Weak  as  you  are,  you  mall  not  faint, 

Or  fainting  (hall  not  die  ; 
Jesus,  the  ftrength  of  ev'ry  faint  (2), 
Will  aid  y oi} from  on  high. 

4  Tbo'  fometimes  unperceiv'd  by  fenfe, 

Faith  fees  him  always  near  ; 
A  Guide,  a  Glory,  a  Defence, 
Then  what  have  you  to  fear? 

<;  As  furely  as  he  overcame, 

And  triumph  M  once  for  you  ; 
So  furely,  you  that  love  his  name, 
Shall  triumph  in  him  too. 

LXXXV.     Salvation. 

1  QALVATION!  what  a  glorious  plan  ; 
O  How  fuited  to  our  need  ! 

The  grace  that  raifes  fallen  man, 
Is  wonderful  indeed  ! 

2  'Twas  wifdom  formal  the  vaft  defign, 

To  ranfom  us  when  loft  ; 
And  love's  unfathomable  mine 
Provided  all  the  coft. 

3  Strift 

(1)  Col.  iii.  3.  (*)  Ifaiah  xil-  a6. 


Hy.  86.  PRAISE.  329 

3  Strict  Juftice,  with  approving  look, 

The  holy  covenant  feaPcl ; 
And  Truth,  and  Power,  undertook 
The  whole  mould  be  fulfill'd. 

4  Truth,  Wifdom,  Juftice,  Pow'r  and  love, 

In  all  their  glory  ftione ; 
When  Jesus  left  the  courts  above, 
And  dyM  to  fave  his  own. 

5  Truth,  Wifdom,  Juftice,  Pow'r  and  Love, 

Are  equally  difplay'd; 
Now  Jesus  reigns  enthron'd  above 
Our  Advocate  and  Head. 

6  Now  fin  appears  deferving  death, 

Molt  hateful  and  abhor'd  ; 
And  yet  the  firmer  lives  by  faith 
And  dares  approach  the  Lord. 

LXXXVI.     Reigning  Grace. 

1  TVT^W  may  the  Lord  reveal  his  face, 
.1AI  And  teach  our  itamm'ring  tongues 
To  make  his  fov'reign,  reigning  grace  (i). 

The  fubject  of  our  fongs ! 
No  fweeter  fubjecl  can  invite 

A  Tinner's  heart  to  ling ; 
Or  more  difplay  the  glorious  right 

Of  our  exalted  King. 

2  This  fubjeft  fills  the  ftarry  plains, 

With  wonder,  joy,  and  love  ; 
And  furnifhes  the  noblelt  itrains 

For  all  the  harps  above  ; 
While  the  redeem'd  in  praile  combine 

To  grace  upon  the  throne  (1) 
Angels  in  fulemn  chorus  join, 

And  make  the  theme  their  own. 

L  c  2  q  Crace^ 

(i)Rora.  v,  % j.  (a)  Rev,  v.  9,  12, 


33Q  PRAISE.  Bx.  IIL 

3  Grace  reigns  to  pardon  crimfon  fins, 

To  melt  the  hardeft  hearts  ; 
And  from  the  work  it  once  begins  (i), 

It  never  more  departs. 
The  world  and  Satan  flrive  in  vain, 

Againft  the  chofen  few  (2)  : 
Secur'd  by  graced  conqu'ring  reign, 

They  all  mail  conquer  too. 

4  Grace  tills  the  foil,  and  fows  the  feeds, 

Provides  the  fun  and  rain; 
Till  from  the  tender  blade  proceeds, 

The  ripen'd  harveft  grain. 
'Twas  grace  that  calPd  our  fouls  at  firft 

By  grace  thus  far  we're  come, 
And  grace  will  help  us  thro*  the  worft, 

And  lead  us  fafely  home. 

2  Lord,  when  this  changing  life  ispaft,. 

If  we  may  fee  thy  face  ; 
How  fliall  we  praife,  and  love,  at  laftt 

And  fing  the  reign  of  grace  (3)  ! 
Yet  let  us  aim  while  here  below 

Thy  mercy  to  difplay  ; 
And  own,  at  leaft  the  debt  we  owe, 

Altho'  we  cannot  pay. 

LXXXVII.     Pteifc  to  the  Redeemer. 

1         T)  REP  ARE  a  thankful  fong 
JL      To  the  Redeemer's  name! 
His  pr^ifes  fhould  employ  each  tongue, 
And  ev'ry  heart  enflame  ! 

%         He  laid  his  glory  by, 

And  dreadful  pains  endurM  : 
That  rebels,  fuch  as  you  and  I, 
From  wrath  might  be  fecur'd. 

3  Upon 
ft)  Phil,  k  6.        (2)  Rom.  riii.  35—39.      (3)  Plalmcxx  X. 


Hy.  87.  PRAISE.  331 

3  Upon  the  crofs  he  dy'd, 
Our  debt  of  fin  to  pay, 

The  blood  and  water  from  his  fide 
Wafli  guilt  and  filth  away. 

4  And  now  he  pleading  ftands 
For  us  before  the  throne  ; 

And  anfwers  all  the  Law's  demands, 
With  what  himfelf  hath  dofce, 

^         He  fees  us,  willing  flaves 

To  fin,  and  Satan's  pow'r  : 
But  with  an  outftretch'd  arm  he  faves, 
In  his  appointed  hour. 

6  The  Holy  Ghoft  he  fends, 
Our  ftubborn  fouls  to  move  ; 

To  make  his  enemies  his  friends, 
And  conquer  them  by  love, 

7  The  love  of  fin  departs, 
The  life  of  grace  takes  place, 

Soon  as  his  voice  invites  our  hearts 
To  rife  and  feek  his  face. 

I         The  world  and  Satan  rage 
But  he  their  pow'r  controls  ; 
His  wifdom,  love,  and  truth  engage 
Protection  for  our  fouls. 

9  Tho'  prefs'd,  we  will  not  yield, 
But  (hall  prevail  at  length, 

For  Jesus  is  our  fun  and  fhield, 
Our  righteoufnefsand  itrength. 

10  AflurM  that  Christ  our  king, 
Will  put  our  foes  to  flight ; 

We,  on  the  field  of  battle,  fipg 
And  triumph,  while  we  fight. 

LXXXVIIL 


53* 


PRAISE.  Bk.  III. 


LXXXVIII.   Man  by  Nature,  Grace  and  Glory. 

i    y     ORD,  whatisman  ?  Extremes  how  wide 
J    j   In  this  myftenous  nature  join  ! 
'i  he  flefh,  to  worms  and  duit  ally'd 
The  foul,  immortal  and  divine  ! 

2  Divine  at  firft,  a  holy  flame 
Kindled  by  the  Almighty's  breath  ; 
Till  ft  a  in 'd  by  fin,  it  ibon  became 
The  feat  of  darknefs,  ftrife,  and  death. 

3  Bnt  Jesus,  Oh  !  amazing  grace  ! 
AiTum'd  our  nature  as  his  o\\.-\ 
Obeyed  and  fuffer'd  in  our  place, 
Then  took  it  with  him  to  his  throne. 

4  Now  what  is  man,  when  grace  reveals 
The  virtue  of  a  Saviour's  blood  ; 
Again  a  life  divine  he  feels, 
Defpifes  earth,  and  walks  with  God. 

5  And  what  in  yonder  realms  above, 
Is  ranfom'd  man  ordain'd  to  be  ? 
With  honour,  holinefsand  love, 
No  feraph  more  adorn'd  than  he. 

6  Neareftthe  throne,  and  firft  in  fong, 
Man  (hall  his  hallelujahs  raife  ; 

While  wond'ring  angels  round  him  throng, 
And  fwell  the  chorus  of  his  praife. 

SIMILAR    HYMNS. 

Bock  I.     Hymn  $j,  58,  59,  79,  80. 
Book  II.    Hymn  37,  38;  39,  41,  42. 


VIII. 


Hy.92.        SHORT  HYMNS.  333 

VIII.     SHORT     HYMNS. 

LXXXIX.     BEFORE    SERMON. 

i    /CONFIRM  the  hope  thy  word  allows, 
V^    Behold  us  waiting  to  be  fed  ; 
Blels  the  provifions  of  thy  houfe, 
And  fatisfy  thy  poor  with  bread  : 
Drawn  by  thine  invitation,  Lord, 
A  thirft  and  hungry  we  are  come, 
Ad.v  from  the  fullnefs  of  thy  word, 
Feaft  us  and  fend  us  thankful  home. 

H  Y  M  N     XC. 

j    TVTOW,  Lord  infpire  the  preacher's  heart, 
X\l    And  teach  his  tongue  to  fpeak  ; 
Food  to  the  hungry  foul  impart : 
And  cordials  to  the  weak. 

2  Furnifli  us  all  with  light  and  powers 
To  walk  in  wifdom's  ways  ; 
So  fhall  the  benefit  be  ours, 

And  thou  fhalt  have  the  praife. 

HYMN    XCI. 

i    rT"MlY  promife,  Loud,  and  thy  command, 
X      Have  brought  us  here  to-day  ; 
And  now  we  humbly  waiting  fhnd 
To  hear  what  thou  wilt  fav  (i). 

.  ct  us,  we  pray,  witli  words  of  peace, 
And  fill  our  hearts  with  love; 
That  from  our  follies  we  mav  teafe, 
I  henceforth  faithful  prove. 

II  V  M  N      XCII. 

pooj 

Aflcmbled 


HI  NGRY,  and  faint,  and  poor, 
Behold  us  Lord,  again 


(i)  Pfalm  Inxv.8. 


334  SHORT   HYMN  S.      Bk.  III. 

Affembled  at  thy  mercy's  door, 
Thy  bounty  to  obtain. 

2  Thy  word  invites  us  nigh 
Or  we  mud  ftarve  indeed  ; 

For  we  no  money  have  to  buy, 
No  righteoufnefs  to  plead. 

3  The  food  our  fpirits  want 
Thy  hand  alone  can  give  ; 

Oh,  hear  the  pray'r  of  faith,  and  grant 
That  we  may  eat,  and  live. 

XCIII.      Pfalm  cvi.  4,  5. 

1  TJ  EMEMBER  us,  we  pray  thee,  Lord, 
XV   With  thofe  who  love  thy  gracious   name; 
And  to  our  fouls  that  good  afford, 

Thy  promife  has  prepard  for  them. 

2  To  us  thy  great  falvation  fhow, 
Give  us  a  taite  of  love  divine  ; 
That  we  thy  people's  joy  may  know, 
And  in  their  holy  triumph  join. 

HYMN     XCIV. 

1  *^TOT  to  Sinai's  dreadful  blaze,  ( j) 
X^l    But  to  Zion's  throne  of  grace, 
By  a  way  mark'd  out  with  blood, 
Sinners  now  approach  to  God. 

2  Not  to  hear  the  fiery  law, 
But  with  humble  joy  io  draw 
Water  by  that  well  fupply'd  (2), 
Jesus  open'd  when  he  dy'd. 

3  Lord  there  are  no  dreams  but  thine, 
Can  aflbage  a  thirft  like  mine ; 

'Tis  a  thirlt  thyfelf  did'ft  give, 
Let  me  therefore  drink  and  live. 

HYMN 

(1)  Hebrews  xii.  18.  a».  (a)  Ifaiah  xii.  3. 


Hy.9/-.     SHORT     HYMNS.        335 
HYMN    XCV. 

1  /^vFTEX  thy  public  means  of  grace, 
V^/   Thy  thirfty  people's  watering  place 

The  archers  have  beiet  ( i) ; 
Attacked  them  in  thy  houfe  of  pray'r, 
To  prifon  dragg'd,  or  to  the  bar,' 

When  thus  together  met. 

2  But  we  from  fuch  aflaults  are  freed, 
Can  pray,  and  fing,  and  hear,  and  read, 

And  meet  and  part  in  peace  : 
May  we  our  privileges  prize, 
In  their  improvement  make  us  wife, 

And  blefs  us  with  increafe. 

3  Unlefs  thy  prefence  thou  afford, 
Unlefs  thy  blefllng  clothe  the  word, 

In  vain  our  liberty ! 
What  would  it  profit  to  maintain 
A  name  for  life,  mould  we  remain 

Formal  and  dead  to  thee  ? 

AFTER     SERMON. 
XCVI.     Deut.  xxxiii.  26 — 29. 

1  T  T  7ITH  Ifrael's  God  who  can  compare? 

\  V     Or  who,  like  Ifrael  happy  are  i 
O  people  laved  by  the  Lord, 
He  is  thy  (hield  and  great  reward  ! 

2  Upheld  by  everlafting  arms, 

Thou  art  fecur'd  from  foes  and  harms; 
In  vain  their  plots,  and  falle  their  boaits, 
Our  refuge  is  tiie  Lord  of  Hoits. 

XCVII.     HMakkuk  hi.  17,  28. 

1    TESUS  is  mine!  Pm  now  prepared 

J     To  meet  with  what  I  thought  mod  hard ; 

<i)  Judges  t.  11. 


336       SHORT     HYMN  S.     Bk.  Ill, 

Yes,  let  the  winds  of  trouble  blow 

And  comforts  melt  away  like  fnovv  : 

No  blafted  trees,  or  failing  crops, 

Can  hinder  my  eternal  hopes; 

Tho'  creatures  change,  the  Lord's  the  fame, 

Then  let  me  triumph  in  his  name. 

HYMN    XCVIJI. 

1  *\A7"^  **eek  a  re^  beyond  the  fkies, 

VV    In  everlafting  day  ; 
Thro'  floods  and  flames  the  paflage  lies, 
But  Jesus  guards  the  way. 

2  The  fwelling  flood,  and  raging  flame, 

Hear  and  obey  his  word; 
Then  let  us  triumph  in  his  name, 
Our  Saviour  is  the  Lord. 

XCIX.     Deut.  xxxii.  9.  10. 

1  rT^HE  faints  Emmanuel's  portion  are, 

A     Redeem'd  by  price,  reclaim'd  by  pow'r; 
His  fpetial  choice  and  tender  care, 
Owns  them,  and  guards  them  ev'ry  hour. 

2  He  finds  them  in  a  barren  land 
Be'fet  with  fins,  and  fears,  and  woes; 
He  leads  and  guides  them  by  his  hand, 
And  bears  them  fafe  from  all  their  foes. 

C.     Hebrews  xiii.  20,  24. 

1  "XJO W"  may  He  who  from  the  dead 
.LN    Brought  the  Shepherd  of  the  fhecp, 
Jesus  Christ,  our  King  and  Head, 

All  cur  fouls  in  iafety  keep! 

2  May  he  teach  us  to  fulfil 
What  is  pleating  in  his  fight ; 

Perfeft 


ro3.       SHORT   HYM  N 

Perfect  us  in  all  his  will, 

And  preferve  us  d  :ght  ! 

4  To  that  dear  Redeemer's  praife, 

>  the  cov'nant  feal'd  with  blood, 
Let  our  he*r:s  and  voices  raife 
Loud  thankfgivings  to  our  God. 

CI.     2  Coriathl.Vris  xiii.  14. 
1   iy  yT  AY  the  grace  of  Christ   our  Saviour 
j\jL   ~^'r,d  r^e  Father's  boundleis  love, 

1  the  holy  Spirit's  favour, 
Reft  upon  us  from  above  ! 
Thus  may  we  abide  in  union 
With  each  other  and  the  Lord  ; 
And  poflefs,  in  fweet  communion, 
which  earth  cannot  afford. 

H  Y  M  X      CII. 

1  r*pHE  peace  which  God  alone  reveals, 
X     And  by  Irs  word  of  grace  imparts., 
Which  only  the  believer  feels  (1), 
Direct  and  keep,  and  cheer  your  hearts  : 
And  may  the  onlv  Three  in  One, 

Father,  Word,  and  Comforter, 
Pour  an  abundant-bleiling  down 
On  evVy  foul  afiembled  here  ! 

H  YM  X      CHI. 

1  rT^O  thee  our  wants  are  known, 

A     From  the^  are  all  our  pow'rs; 
Accept  what  is  thine  <; 
And  pardon  what  is  ou 
Ourpraifes,  Lord,  and  pray'rs  receive, 
J  to  thy  word  a  blelling  give. 

2  Oh,  grant  that  each  of  us 

ore  thee  here, 
v  meet  together  ti 

F  f  Wher 

(i)  Phil.:. 


33$        SHORT    HYMN  S.         Bk.  Ill, 

When  thou  and  thine  appear  ! 
And  follow  thee  to  heav'n  our  home, 
E'en  lo  amen,  Lord  Jesus  come  (i). 
GLORIA    P  ATRIA. 
HYMN    CIV. 

1  npHE  Father  we  adore, 

-L     And  everlafting  Son  ; 
The  Spirit  of  his  love  and  pow'r, 
The  glorious  Three  in  One. 

2  At  the  creation's  birth 

This  fong  was  lung  on  high, 
Shall  found  thro'  ev'ry  age  on  earth, 
And  thro'  eternity. 

H  Y  M  N      CV. 

-I  TT^ATHER  of  angels  and  of  men, 
17    Saviour,  who  haft  us  bought, 
Spirit,  by  whom  we're  born  again, 
And  fanctify'd  and  taught  ! 

2  Thy  glory,  holy  Three  in  One, 
Thy  people's  fong  (hall  be, 
Long  as  the  wheels  of  time  fhall  run. 
And  to  eternity. 

HYMN      CVT. 

1  S~*\  LORY  to  God  the  Father's  name, 
V_JT  To  Jesus  who  for  finners  dy'd ; 
The  holy  Spirit  claims  the  fame, 
By  whom  our  fouls  are  fanclify'd. 

2  Thy  praife  was  fung  when  time  began 
By  angels  thro'  the  ftary  fpheres  ; 
And  fhall,  as  now  be  fung  by  man 
Thro'  vaft  eternity's  long  years. 

HYMN      CVII. 
i  TTE  faints  on  earth  afcribe  with  heav'ns  high 
X  hoft,  Glory 

(i)  Rev.  xxii.  10. 


A    TABLE. 


339 


Glory  and  honour  to  the  One  in  Three  ; 

To  God  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

As  was,  and  is,  and  evermore   fhall  be. 


A  Table  to  the  Third    Book, 
'ding  to  the  Order  end  Subjefl  of  the  Hymns* 


I.  Solemm    Addresses, 
to  sinners. 

Hym; 


Expostulation 

Alarm 

We  were  once  as  you 

are 
Prepare  to  meet  God 
Invitation 


II.  Seeking,  Pleading, 

and  Hop: 
The  burdened  tinner 
Behold  I  am  vile 
The  (hining  light 
Encouragement 
The  waiting  foul 
The  effort  i  i,i 

Seeking  the  beloved     1 3 
Reft  for  weary  fouls 


III.  CONFLICT. 
Light  fhining  out  of 

darknefs 
Welcome  crofs 
Afflictions  fructified 

by  the  word 
Temptation 
Looking  upwards  in 

a  ftorm 


III. 


CONFLICT. 

Hymn 
v^ley  of  the  fhadow 

of  death  20 

The  ilorm  hufhed  21 

Help  in  time  of  need  22 
Peace  after  a  ftorm  23 
Mourning  and  ionging24 
dejoice  the  foul  of 

thy  Servant 
Self-acquaintance 
Bitter  and  fweet 
Prayer  for  patience 
Submiffion 

Why  fhould  I  complain? 30 
p  Return,  O  Lord,  how 


2> 
26 

29 


long ! 
Caft  down,  but  not 

deftroyed 
The  benighted  tra- 
veller 
The  prifoner 
Perplexity  relieved 
Ij  Prayer  anfwered  by 
1 C  croffes 

I  will  trull  and  not  be 
1 7      afraid 
i80ueftions  to  unbelief 
jreat  effects  by  fmall 
19      means 


31 

32 

33 
34 
35 

36 

37 
38 

39 


Why 


340 


A     TABLE. 


III.  CONFLICT. 

Hymn 
Why  art  thou  cafl 

down  ?  4  c 

The  way  of  accefs        41 
The  pilgrim's  fong       42 


43 
44 

45 

46 


IV.  COMFOR1 

Faith  a  new  fenfe 
The  happy  change 
Retirement 
Jefus  my  all 
The  hidden  life 
Joy  and  peace  in  be- 
lieving 
True  pleafure 
The  Chriftian 
Lively  hope,  &c. 
Confidence 
Peace  reftored 
'Hear  what  he  has  done  54 
Freedom  from  care       55 


V.  DEDICATION 
and  SURRENDER. 
Hymn 

Fhe  child  65 

True  happinefs  66 

Fhe  happy  debtor         67 

VI.  CAUTION^. 

The  new  convert         68 


True  and  falfe  comforts6p 
True  and  falfe  zeal  70 
Living  and  dead  faith  71 

47  Abufe  of  the  gofpel  f2 
(•The  narrow  way 

48Dependance 

49  Not  of  works    , 

50  Sin's  deceit 

51  Are  there  few  faved? 

52  The  fluggard 

53  Not  in  word,  but  in 
power 


73 
74 
75 
76 
77 
7* 


?9 


VII.  J'KAJoL. 
Humiliation  and  praife  56  Praife  for  faith  80 

For  the  poor  57  Grace  and  providence  81 

Home  in  view  58 Praife  for  redeeming 

love 


V.  DEDiCAl  ION 
and  SURRENDER. 

Old  things  palled 

away 
Power  of  grace 
My  foul  thirfrcth  for 

God 
Love  conftraining  to 

obedience 
Heart  healed  and 

.  changed  by  mercy 
Hatred  of  fin 


59 


82 
I  will  praife  the  Lord 

at  all  times  83 

Perfeverance  84 

bo  Salvation  85 

[Reigning  grace  86 

61  Redeemer's  praife         87 

Man  by  nature,  grace 

and  glory  88 


62 

V11I.   Short  Hymns. 
63JBefore  Sermon     89 — 95 
64] After  Sermon      96 — 103 
JGloria  Patria     104 — 107 
CON- 


CONTENTS. 

Page 

A  Believer  free  from  care  130 

Afflictions  do  not  come  alone  142 

Afflictions,  tho'  they  feem  fevere  no 

A  garden  contemplation  fuits  241 

A  glance  from  heav'n  with  fweet  effect  231 

A  fhelter  from  the  rain  or  wind  241 

Alas  !  Elifha's  fervant  cry'd  47 

Alas!  by  nature  how  deprav'd  180 

A  lion  tho'  by  nature  wild  240 

Almighty  King!  whofe  wond'rous  hand  325 

Amazing  grace  !  (how  fweet  the  found)  48 

Approach,  my  foul,  the  mercy  feat  264 

As  birds  their  infant  brood  protect  yy 

As  needles  point  towards  the  pole  237 

As  once  for  Jonah,  fo  the  Lord  80 

As  parched  in  the  barren  fands  fji 

As  fome  tall  rock  amidft  the  waves  126 

As  the  ferpent  rais'd  by  Mofes  6j 

As  when  the  weary  traveler  gains  306 

A  word  from  Jefus  calms  the  fea  92 

A  worldling  fpent  each  day  111 

BEFORE  Elifha's  gate  45 

Begone  unbelief  287 

Behold  the  throne  of  grace  !  39 

Beneath  the  tyrant  Satan's  yoke  176 

i  le  the  gofpelpool  1 18 

Beftow,  dear  Lord,  upon  our  youth  161 

]$j  (till  my  heart !  thefe  anxious  cares  290 

Bitter,  indeed,  the  waters  are  290 

Bleak  winter  is  fubdu'd  at  length  182 

led  in  youth  by  Satan's  arts  246 

the  from  the  gentle  fouth,  O  Lord-  263 

J5y  various  maxims,  forms  and  rules  14  r 

])\  faith  in  Chrilt  I  walk  with  God  10 

13y  the  poor  widow's  oil  and  i:  eal  4-* 

Ca  mercy-feat       264 

Chief  (hepherd  ol  thy  chofen  (he  201 
ifirm  the  hope  thy  word  allows 
'  F  f  2 


34*  CONTENTS. 

Conltrain'd  by  their  Lord  to  embark  120 

Could  the  creatures  help  or  eafe  us  99 

Courage  my  foul !  behold  the  prize  224 

DARKNESS  overfpreads  us  here  134 

Day  of  judgment,  day  of  wonders  I  224 

Dear  Lord  acccept  a  finful  heart  277 

Destruction's  dangerous  road  321 

Does  it  not  grief  and  wonder  move  166 

Does  the  golpel-word  proclaim  266 

ELIJAH'S  example  declares  42 

Elilha,  (truck  with  grief  and  awe  170 

Enfnar'd  too  long,  my  heart  has  been  174 

Ere  God  had  built  the  mountains  58 

FAR  from  the  world,  O  Lord,  I  flee  295 

Father,  forgive  (the  Saviour  faid)  116 

Father  of  Angels  and  of  men  338 

Fervent  perfevering  pray'rs  1 29 

Fierce  paflionsdifcompofe  the  mind  138 

Fix  my  heart  and  eyes  on  thine !  312 

Foreft  beads,  that  live  by  prey  285 

For  mercies  countlefs  as  the  fands  56 

From  pole  to  pole  let  others  roam  74 

From  Sheba  adiftant  report  40 

GLADNESS  wasfpread  thro'  IfraePs  heft    159 

Glorious  things  of  thee  arefpoken  65 

Glory  to  God,  the  Father's  name  338 

God  gives  his  mercies  to  be  fpent  61  - 

God  with  one  piercing  glance  locks  thro'  226 

God  moves  in  a  nryiterious  way  267 

God  of  my  life  to  thee  I  call  270 

Grace  triumphant  in  the  throne  320 

Gracious  Lcrd.,  our  children  fee  164 

[APPY  are  they,  to  whom  the  Lord  197 

Hark,  my  foul  !  it  is  the  Lord  124 

Hark  !  how  time's  wide  found ingbell  156 

liappy  the  birth  where  grace  prefides  308 

Heal  us,  Emmanuel,  here  we  are  21 

Hear  what  God  the  Lord  hath  Ipoken  71 

Here  at  BetWheba's  pool,  the  poor  1 19 

.  what  the  Lord  the  great  Amca  146 


C  O  N  T  E  i\T  T  S. 


343 


His  mafter  taken  from  his  head  22 1 

Holy  Lord  God  !  I  love  thy  truth  311 

Honour  and  happinefs unite  299 

Honey  tho'  the  bee  prepares  62 

How  bleft  thy  creature  is,  O  God  294 

How  David,  when  by  fin  deceiv'd  36 

How  hurtful  was  the  choice  of  Lot  1 1 

How  kind  the  good  Samaritan  10^ 

How  lolt  was  my  condition  68, 

How  foon  the  Saviour's  gracious  call  323 

How  fweet  the  name  of  jefus  founds  6$ 

How  tedious  and  taftelefs  the  hours  52 

How  welcome  to  the  faints,  when  prefs'd  196 

Hungry,  and  faint,  and  poor  333 

I   Am,  (faith  Chrift)  your  glorious  head  123 

I  alk'd  the  Lord  that  1  might  grow  286 

If  for  a  time  the  air  be  calm  234 

If  Paul  in  Caefar's  court  mud  (land  132 

If  Solomon  for  wifdom  prayed  38. 

If  the  Lord  our  leader  be  j  - 

If  to  Jefus  for  relief  288 

Incarnate  God  !  the  foul  that  knows  53 

In  evil  long  I  took  delight  206 

In  mercy,  not  in  wrath,  rebuke  r2 

In  themfelves  as  weak  as  worms  210 

In  vain  my  fancy  drives  to  paint  220 

I  thirftj  but  not  as  once  I  did  300 

I  WnS  a  groveling  creature  oncfl  ^00 

I  will  praife  thee  ev'ry  day  6  1 

I  would,  but  cannot  ling  j  ->.-> 

Jefus  CbrHl  the  Lord's  annotated!  8^» 

Jefus,  to  what  clidijt  thcu  fobmit  1  \j 

'eius  who  bought  us  with  his  blood  17^ 

e(us  u  hole  blood  fo  freely  iiream'd  28 

efus,  where'er  thy  people  meet  |g> 

eius  is  mine  !  I'm  now  prepared 

o!,n  in  a  vifion  faw  t!ie  day  2:6 
•  ^INE            iv  lour,  in  my  heart] 
.  \,  Kindred  in  Chriit;  for  his  dear  fake 


344  CONTENTS. 

LEGION  was  my  name  by  nature  og 

Let  heartsand  tongues  unite  jo^ 

Let  me  dwell  on  Golgotha  206 

Let  us  adore  the  grace  that  feeks  172 

Let  us  love,  and  ling,  and  wonder    .  026 

Let  worldly  minds  the  world  purine  307 

Lord,  my  foul  with  pleasure  fprings  208 

Lord,  thou  haft  won,  at  length  1  yield  127 

Lord,  who  haft  fufFer'dall  forme  279 

Lord,  what  is  man  !  extremes  how  "wide  332 

MANNA  to  Ifrael  well  fupply  'd  24 

Martha  her  love  and  joy  exprefs'd  ic6 

Mary  to  her  Saviour's  tomb  12- 

May  the  grace  of  Chrift  our  Saviour  317 

Mercy,  O  thou  Son  of  David  !  JOi 

My  barns  are  full,  my  ftores increafe  108 

My  God!  how  perfecl  are  thy  ways  70 

My  God  !  till  1  receive  thy   ftroke  74 

My  harpuntun'd,  and  laid  alide  203 

My  fong  fhall  blefs  the  Lord  of  all  189 

My  foul  once  had  its  plenteous  years  \j 

My  foul,  this  curious  houfe  of  clay  220 

My  foul  is  fad,  and  much  difmay'd  271 

NAY,  I  cannot  let  thee  go  16 

No  ftrength  of  nature  can  fuffice  309 

No  words  can  declare  251 

Not  to  Sinai's  dreadful  blaze  3^4 

Now  gracious  Lord,  thine  arm  reveal  160 

Now  let  us  join  with  hearts  and  tongues  150 

Now  may  the  Lord  reveal  his  face  329 

Now,  Lord,  infpire  the  preacher's  heart  333 

Now  may  He,  who  from  the  dead  \->j 

OF  nil  the  gifts  thine  hand  bellows  322 

Often  thy  public  means  of  grace  335 

Oft  as  the  bell,  with  folemn  toll  222 

Oft  as  the  leper's  cale  I  read  0-8 

Oft  in  vain  the  voice  of  truth  1  59 

O  God  w  hofe  favourable  eye,  345 

O  David's  Son,  and  David's  Lord  !  172 

O  Lord;  our  languid  fouls  infpire  iq.i 


CONTENTS.  345 

O  Lord,  how  vile  am  I  259 

O  Lord,  my  bed  defires  fulfil  79 

Orhouat  whole  almighty    word  169 

O  happy  they  who  know  the  Lord  196 

O  fpeak  that  gracious  word  again  301 

Oh  !  for  a  cloler  walk  with  God  9 

Oh,  may  thepow'r  which  melts  the  rock  214 

O  how  I  love  thy  holy  word  269 

Onceperifhing  in  blood  I  lay  75 

Once  while  we  aim'd  at  Zion's  fongs  199 

On  the  fame  flow'r  we  often  fee  238 

One  awful  word  which  Jefusfpoke  103 

Our  glance  of  thine  eternal  Lord  291 

Opprefs'd  with  unbelief  and  fin  136 

Our  Lord,  who  knows  full  well  1 12 

PENSIVE,  doubting,  fearful  heart  69 

Phyiician  of  my  fin-fick  foul  89 

Pleafing  fpring  again  is  here  1 83 

Poor  fin ners  !  little  do  they  think  791 

Poor,  weak,  and  worthlefs  tho'  I  am  37 

Pray'r  and  anfwer  will  obtain  93. 

Preacher's  may,  from  Ezckiel's  cafe  167 

Precious  Bible!  what  a  treafure  211 

Prepare  a  thankful  long  330 

vJUIET,  Lord,  my  froward  heart  312 

REFRESHED  by  the  bread  and  wine         208 

Rejoice,  believer,  in  the  Lord  328 

Remember  us,  we  pray  thee,  Lord  334 

Return  to  blefs  my  waiting  eyes  281 

SAFELY  thro'  another  week  190 

Salvation,  what  a  glorious  plan  328 

Sav'd  by  blood  I  live  to  tell  302 

Saviour  fhine,  and  cheer  my  foul  50 

Saviour,  viiit  thy  plantation  20 1 
See  Aaron,  Cod's  anointed  prieft 

See,  another  year  is  gone  1  >o 
See,  how  rude  winter's  icy  hand 

Sec,  the  corn  again  in  car  187 

See  the  gloomy  gatlv  ring  cloud  2  16 


346  CONTENT  S. 

See,  the  world  for  youth  prepares  2.15 

Shall  men  pretend  to  pleafure                   .  254 

Sight,  hearing,  feeling,  tafte,  and  fmell  293 

Simon,  beware,  the  Saviour  faid,  115 

Sin  when  view'd  by  fcripture-light  320 

Sinner  art  thou  flill  fecure,  255 

Sinners,  hear  the  Saviour's  call  256 

Sin  enflav'd  me  many  years  310 

Sin  has  undone  cur  wretched  race  164 

Sometimes  a  light  furprifes  297 

Son  of  God,  thy  peopled  ihield  8  1 

Sovereign  grace  has  pow'r  alone  1 16 

Stop,  poor  tinner,  flop  and  think  2^3 

Strange  and  myiterious  is  my  life  137 

Supported  by  the  word  78 

Sweet  was  the  time  when  firft  I  felt  49 

Sweeter  founds  then  mniic  knows  189 

TEN  thoufand  talents  once  I  ow'd  313 

That  was  a  wonder-working  word  22# 

That  man  no  guard  or  weapons  need  54 

The  church  a  garden  is  109 

The  God  who  once  tolfrael  fpoke  168 

The  Lord  our  falvation  and  light  jpl 

The  Spirit  breathes  upon  the  word  2i  I 

The  gathering  clouds,  with  afpecldark  213 

The  moon  in  filver  glory  fnone  232 

The  moon  has  but  a  borrowed  light  2^3 

The  ice  and  fnow  we  lately  faw  226 

The  fubtle  fpider  often  weaves  2ig 

The  Saviour  calls  his  people  fheep  242 

1  he  water  flood  like  walls  of  brafs  243 

The  billows  fwell,  the  winds  are  high  270 

The  Saviour  hides  his  face  ^ja 

The  new-born  child  of  gofpel -grace  -j^ 

The  Lord  receives  hi*  higheft  praife  OI-r 

The  wifhes  that  thefluggard  frames  ^22 

The  faints  Emmanuel's  portion  are  --£ 

The  peace  which  God  alone  reveals  ~~7 

The  Father  we  adore  n    g 

The  evils  that  befet  our  path  60 

The  kine  unguided  went  - 


CONTE  N  T  S. 
Ti:e  Lord  will  happinefs  divine  70 

The  Lord  proclaims  his  grace  abroad  76 

The  lion  that  on  Samplon  ro3r'd  30 

The  manr.a  favor'd  Ifrael'smeat  22 

The  mortage  ririt  to  Smyrna  fent  1  fa 
The  prophets  fons  in  time  of  old  46 

The  Saviour,  what  a  noble  flame  zc  5 
The  faints  fhould  never  be  difma\'d  J2 

The  Shunamite,  opprefsM  with  grief  165 
The  ligns  which  God  to  Gibeon  gave  20 

The  word  of  Chriit,  our  Lord  j^o 
There  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with  blood  81 

This  is  the  feaft  of  heav'nly  wine  204 
Tho'  Jericho  pleafantly  ftood  ^  1 

Tho'  in  the  outward  church  below  oi 

Tho'  cloudy  fkies,  and  nothern  blafts  181 

Tho'  the  morn  may  be  ferene  j8c 

Tho'  fmall  the  drops  of  falling  rain  235 

Tho'  fore  befet  with  guilt  and  fear  282 

Thus  faith  the  Lord  to  Ephcfus  T  _.-, 

Thus  faith  the  holy  One  and  true  i_j- 

Thy  manlion  is  the  christian's  heart  j02 

Thy  mefTage,  by  the  preacher,  fea!  jjg 
Thy  promife,  Lord,  and  thy  command 

Time  with  an  unweary'd  hand  \-l 

Time  by  moments  ileal  aw,  }V 

^Tis  a  point  I  long  to  k:.  ,  2- 
'  ITj  my  happinefs  belo 
?Tis  pad — the  dreadful  ftormy  night 
Tc  tell  the  Saviour  all  my  wants 

To  thee  our  wants  are  knc  ^g 
Yo  thofe  who  kn                ,ord,  I  fpeak 
Too  ma                ,  abufe  ihy  grace 

UNBELIEF  the  foul  dif  280 
Uncertain  how  the  way' to  find 

Unlefs  tlie  Lord  had  been  my  1:  jJl 

WEARIED  by  d.iv  with  toils  ard  aires 

Wcftek  a  rcfl  beyond  theft  -^5 
a  mournful  life  is  mine 
Wlutthoufands  never  knew  the  road 


348  CONTENT  S. 

What  think  you  of  Chrift  ?  is  the  teft  94 

W h^t  various  hindrances  we  meet  2C9 

When  Adam  fell  he  quickly  loft  8 

When  Hannah  preiVd  with  grief  31 

When  Jefus  claims  the  Tinner's  heart  90 

When  Joieph  his  brethren  beheld  18 

When  Ifrael  by  divine  command  207 

When  IfraePs  tribes  were,  parched,  &C,  135 

When  Ifrael  heard  the  fiery  law  24 

when  Ifrael  was  from  Egypt  freed  55 

When  Jo  Quia  by  God*s  command  17 

When  Peter  boafled,   foon  he  fell  97 

YViien  the  difciples  crofs'd  the  lake  100 

When  the  apoltle  wonders  wrought  3 1 1 

When  any  turn  from  Zion's  way  122 

When  the  belov'd  difciple  took  147 

^Vhen  Peter  thro'  the  tedious  night  163 

When  Moles  wav'd  his  myfticrod  167 

When  Paul  was  parted  from  his  friends  179 

Wrhen  on  the  crofs,  my  Lord  I  fee  204 

When  the  fun,  with  cheerful  beams  230 

When  a  black  o'erfpreading  cloud  ibid 

When  (lumber  feals  our  weary  eyes  244 

When  darknefs  long  has  veil'd  my  mind  274 

When  my  pray'rs  are  a  burden  and  talk  275 

When  my  Saviour,  ray  Shepherd  is  near  280 

When  the  wounded  fpirit  hears  304 

When  Hagar  found  the  bottle  fpent  305 

W  bile  JoiLua  led  the  armed  bands  2  15 

While  I  lived  without  the  Lord  303 

Why  (hould  1  fear  the  darkeft  hour  296 

Winter  has  a  joy  forme  327 

With  Ifrael's  God  who  can  compare?  337 

Write  to  Sardis  faith,  the  Lord  J  45 

YE  faints  on  earth  afcribe  &c.  338 

Ye  fons  of  earth  prepare  the  plough  91 

\es   fince  God  himfelf  has faid  it  300 

Z'ACHEUS  climb'd  the  tree  114 

Zeal  is  that  pure  and  heav'nly  flame  316 

Zion,  the  city  of  our  God  1 75 


EBENEZER: 

A    M  E  M  0  R  I  A  L 

OF    THE    UNCHANGEABLE    GOODNESS    OF    GOD 

UNDER  CHANGING  DISPENSATIONS. 

No.  I. 

WRITTEN   ON    FEB.     12,    1775, 

The  Twenty -fifth  Anniverfary  of  our  Marriage. 

THE    LORD    GAVE. — 

i  J/  OR  what  this  day  recalls  to  mind 
My  praife  to  God  is  due  ; 
How  many  bleflings  he  defigned 
To  give,   in  giving  yon. 

2  When  hateful,  hating,  and  forlorn, 

In  Afric's  Wilds  1  ftray'd; 
His  hand  fecur'd  my  fafe  return, 
But  You,  the  Mean,  was  made. 

3  How  little,  then  could  be  forefeen 

My  path  in  future  life ! 
But  he  prepaid  each  following  fcene, 
By  making  You  my  Wife. 

4  The  happy  day  that  join'd  our  hands 

(Sweet  prelude  to  his  Grace) 
More  firm  in  my  remembrance  fhnds 
Than  if  engravM  in  brafs. 

5  But  ah  !   My  heart,  by  fin  betray'd, 

(How  painful  is  the  thought) 
Soon  of  the  Gift,  an  Idol  made, 
The  Giver  foon  forgot ! 

G  g  6  How 


6  How  juflly  might  fome  fudden  turn 

Have  parted  us  again  ; 
And  left  my  guilty  foul  to  mourn 
In  agony  and  pain  ! 

7  But  tho'  we  both,  and  chiefly  I, 

For  Good  have  rendered  111, 
His  Mercy  hath  been  always  nigh, 
His  hand  preferves  us  (till. 

8  With  mutual  love,  and  peace,  and  health, 

And  friends,  We  have  been  bleffed  ; 
And,  if  not  what  the  World  calls  Wealth, 
We  have  Enough  pofTefs'd. 

9  From  place  to  place,  from  year  to  year, 

The  Lord  has  been  our  Guide  ; 
Our  fure  refource  in  time  of  fear, 
When  all  has  fail'd  befide. 

to  Thus  five  and  twenty  years,  the  fun 
Has  trod  his  annual  path  ; 
And  we  apace  are  poftmg  on 
To  meet  the  ftroke  of  death  ! 

1 1  Sure,  none  a  happier  life  have  known, 

Than  our's,  thus  far,  has  been  ; 
But  could  we  covet,  now  'tis  gone, 
To  live  it  o'er  again  i 

12  Like  checkered  Cloth,  the  Warp  with  love 

And  comfort  has  been  fpread, 
But  Cares  and  Crofles  interwove 
Have  furniih'd  half  the  thread. 

1 3  Yes!  Even  We,  who  fo  much  joy, 

So  much  endearment  know, 
Have  found  that  fomething  will  annoy, 
And  tarnifh  all  below  1 

14  Yet  ev'ry  Crofs  a  Mercy  is, 

A  Blelling  ev'ry  Thorn, 
That  tells  us,  Here  is  not  our  Mils, 
We  were  for  nobler  born. 

15  That 


15  That  I  am  Her's,  and  She  is  mine, 

Invites  my  feeble  lays ; 
Bat,  Saviour,  that  we  Both  are  Thine, 
Demands  my  highelt  praife. 

1 6  With  Thee,  dear  Lord,  who  ruled  All, 

The  wife  appointment  lies, 
To  which  of  us  the  lot  mull  fall, 
To  clofe  the  other's  eyes ! 

17  Th?n  all  our  intercourfe  while  here, 

(How  happy,  and  how  kind  !) 
Will  like  a  fleecing  dream  appear, 
Which  leaves  no  trace  behind. 

18  Prepare  us,  ev'ry  day  we  live, 

For  that  important  hour  ; 
And  when,  at  length,  it  fhall  arrive, 
Support  us  by   thy  pow'r. 

19  Who  firft  departs,  may  Thy  kind  fmile 

Strengthen,  with  joy  to  go  ; 
And  the  Survivor  reconcile 
To  ftay  a  while  below. 

10  Then,  may  it  feem  of  little  weight, 
Which  of  us  goes  before ; 
AffurM  that  we  ihall  fliortly  meet 
To  part  again  no  more. 

21   Oh,  with  what  wonder,  joy,  and  praife, 
Our  fouls  ihall  then  review 
The  fnares,  and  mercies  of  the  ways, 
We  were  conduced  thro'  ! 


No.    II. 


No.  II. 


WRITTEN    DEC.    15,    1791. 

The  Tirjt  Anmverfary  of  her  Difmifpon  from  this 
/late  of  Sin  and  Sorrow. 

— THE  LORD   HATH   TAKEN  AWAY.       BLESSED     BE 
THE    NAME   OF    THE    LORD  ! 

Bleffed  be  Gody  even  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jeff' 
Chrift ,  the  Father  of  Mercies,  and  the  Cod  of  all 
Comfort  J  Who  comforteth  us  in  all  our  tribula- 
tions, that  we  may  be  able  to  comfort  them  which 
are  in  any  trouble,  by  the  co?nforts  wherewith  we 
our  J elves  are  cc?njorted  of  Cod. 


L« 


,ORD  !    She  was  ihine,  and  not  my  c\vn; 
Thou  haft  not  clone  me  wrong ; 
I  thank  Thee  for  the  precious  loan 
Afforded  me  To  long. 

2  For  though  no  Tingle  day  has  been. 

Or  talent,  well  improved ; 
I  chiefly  fee,  and  mourn  my  fin, 
In  what  I  chiefly  lov'd. 

3  I  trembled,  when  Thou  faidfi!  u  Refign 

"  A  much  abufed  truft  ;" 
But  could  not  wonder  or  repine  ; 
I  own'd  the  fentence  juft, 

4  Yet  mercy  fweeten'd  my  diflrefs  ; 

And,  whi'e  I  felt  the  rod, 
Gave  me  abundant  caufe  to  blefs 
An  AU-fufficicnt  God ! 

5  Sharp  was  my  pain,  and  deep  my  wound, 

(A  wound  which  {till  muft  bleed) 
But  daily  help,  and  ftrength  I  found 
Proportion^  to  my  need. 

6  Like 


6  Like  Jonah  (well  our  ftories  fuit) 

I  view'd  my  gourd,  well  pleas'd  ; 
Like  him,  I  could  not  fee  the  root 
On  which  the  worm  had  feiz'd. 

7  But  faw,  at  length,  the  hour  draw  nigh, 

(That  hour  I  fince  have  known) 
When  all  my  earthly  joy  muft  die, 
And  I  be  left  alone. 

8  She  dropp'd  a  tear,  and  grafp'd  my  hand,. 

And  fain  fhe  would  have  fpoke  ; 
But  well  my  heart  could  understand 
The  language  of  her  look. 

y  Farewell,  it  meant,  a  laft  Adieu  ! 
I  fbon  fhall  ceafe  from  pain  ; 
This  filent  tear  I  drop  for  you ; 
We  part — to  meet  again. 

10  I  faid,  "  If  leaving  all  below, 

You  now  have  peace  divine ; 
And  would,  but  cannot,  tell  me  lb, 
Give  me,  at  leaft,  a  fign." 

1 1  She  rais'd,  and  gently  wav'd,  her  hand^ 

And  lill'd  me  with  a  joy, 
To  which  the  wealth  of  Sea  and  Land 
Compar'd  were  but  a  Toy. 

12  I  truft,  indeed;  the  knew  thy  grace 

Before  this  trying  day  ; 
But  Satan  had,  a  while  accefs, 
To  fill  her  with  difmay. 

13  Till  then,  tho'  two  long  years  (lie  pin  W 

Without  an  hour  of  eafe  ; 
Cheerful  (he  ftill  appeared,  reiign'd, 
And  bore  her  crofs  in  peace. 

i  \  Daily,  while  able,  clolely  too, 
She  read  the  word  0^  God ; 
And  thence  her  hope  and  comfort  drew, 
Her  me  J  Vine,  and  her  food. 

G  gz  15  A, 


1 5  A  ftranger  might  have  well  prefum'd, 

From  what  he  faw  her  bear  : 
This  burning  bufh  was  not  confum'd, 
Becaufe  the  Lord  was  there. 

16  Three  days,  ihe  could  no  notice  take, 

Nor  fpeak,  nor  hear,  nor  fee ; 
O  Lord  !  Did  not  my  heart-ftrings  ach  ? 
Did  I  not  cry  to  Thee? 

17  That,  while  I  watch'd  her,  night  and  day, 

My  will,  to  thine,  might  bow  ? 
And,  by  this  rod,  didft  thou  not  fay, 
"  Behold  your  Idol  now  ! 

18  "  From  her  you  lov'd  too  much,  proceed 

"  Your  fharpeft  grief  and  pains  ; 
u  For,  foon  or  late,  the  heart  muft  bleed 
"  That  idols  entertains." 

79  Yes,  Lord,  we  both  have  guilty  been^ 
And  juftly  are  diflrefs'd  ; 
But  fince  thou  doft  forgive  our  fin, 
I  welcome  all  the  reft. 

*o  Only  uphold  us  in  the  fire, 
Our  fainting  fpirits  cheer ; 
And  I  thy  mercy  will  admire 

When  moft  thou  feem'ft  fevere. 

11  Fainter,  her  breath,  and  fainter  greWj. 

Until  (he  breath'd  her  laft: 
The  foul  was  gone  before  we  knew 
The  ftroke  of  death  was  paii. 

1 2  Soft  was  the  moment,  and  ferene, 

That  all  her  fufPrings  clos'd; 
No  agony,   cr  druggie  feen, 
No  feature  difcompos'd. 

23  The  parting  ftruggle  all  was  mine; 
"  >Tis  the  Survivor  dies:'' 
For  She  was  freed  and  gone  to  join 
The  Triumph  of  the  Skies. 


24  To 


2,;  To  me  it  was  a  ftormy  day, 
Tho'  glad  for  her  releafe  ; 
But  He,  whom  feas  and  florins  obey, 
Soon  bid  the  Tempeft  ceafe. 

25  My  felfifli  heart  had  wifh'd  her  here, 

To  fpend  her  days  in  pain  ; 
That  (he,  what  I  could  fay,  might  hear, 
And  (peak  to  me  again. 

26  Our  kindnefs  to  our  fuffVing  friends 

Would  keep  them  frill  below  ; 
But  He,  who  loves  them  better,  fends, 
And,  at  his  call,  They  go. 

27  Each  moment,  fi nee  that  trying  hour, 

My  lofs  I  keenly  feel ; 
But  truft,  I  feel  my  Saviour's  pow'r 
To  fanctify  and  heal. 

28  Ah,  World  !  Vain  World  !  B  Lord 

Was  crucify'd  and  flain  ; 
What  comfort  now  canft  then  afford 
To  mitigate  my  pain  ? 

Long  fmce,  I  mould,  by  his  dear  Crofs, 

Have  learnt  to  die  to  thee ; 
But  if  I  learn  it  by  my  Lofs, 

That  Lofs  my  gain  will  be. 

30  Now,  Lord,  to  Thee  I  would  appl 
On  Thee,  a'o^e,  depend  ; 
Thou  art,  when  creatures  fail  and  die, 
An  ever-living  Friend  ! 

3  1    Xow  Tnou  haft  made  a  Void  within, 

Which  only  Thou  canftfill; 

Oh  !  gran:  me  pardon  of  my  fin, 

And  Grace  to  do  thy  Will. 

32   That  I  with  joy  thy  flock  may  feed, 
A  Pattern  to  them  be, 
And  comfort  them,  in  time  of  need ; 
jchfafe  to  comfort  me. 


33  Let  me  believe,  and  love,  and  praife, 

And  wonder,  and  adore, 
And  view  thee  guiding  all  my  ways  : 
I  afkfor  nothing  more. 

34  To  Thee  I  would  commit  the  reft: 

The  When,  the  How,  the  Where> 
Thy  Wifdom  will  determine  beft, 
Without  my  anxious  care. 

35  May  I  with  faith  and  patience  wait, 

For  foon  thy  call  will  come  ; 
When  I  ihall  change  this  Mortal  State 
For  an  Eternal  Home. 

36  The  vails  of  Sin  and  Unbelief 

Shall  then  be  rent  in  twain  ; 
And  they  who  parted  here  with  grief, 
Shall  meet,  with  joy,  again. 

37  Then  will  the  Lord  himfelf  appear, 

With  all  his  blood-bought  iheep, 
To  wipe  from  ev'ry  face,  the  tear, 
And  they  no  more  fhall  weep. 

38  May  thoughts,  like  thefe,  relieve  my  toil, 

And  cheer  my  fpirit  up  I 
Who  would  not  fuffer  here  a  while, 
For  fuch  a  glorious  hope  ? 


POEMS. 

The  Kite  ;  or.  Pride  mvjt  have  a  fall* 

My  waking  drea?ns  are  bejl  conceaTdy 
Much  folly,  Utile  good  they  yield ; 
But  now  and  then  I  gain,  when  flee  ping y 
A  friendly  hint  that's  worth  the  keeping  : 
Lately    I  dreamt  of  one  who  cry'd, 
u  Beware  of  felf  beware  of.fri 
When  you  are  prone  to  build  a  B.: 
Recal  to  mind  this  little  fable." 

ONCE  on  a  time  a  paper  kite 
Was  mounted  to  a  wondrous  height, 
Where,  giddy  with  its  elevation, 
It  thus  exprels'd  lei f-ad miration  : 
11  See  bow  yon  crowds  of  gazing  people 
Admire  my  Might  above  the  iteeple  ; 
How  would  they  wonder  if  they  knew 
All  that  a  kite  like  me  can  do  ; 
Were  I  but  free,  I'd  rake  a  flight, 
And  pierce  the  clouds  beyond  their  fight, 
But,  ah  !   like  a  poor  pris'ner  bound, 
My  firing  confines  me  near  the  ground  : 
I'd  brave  the  eagles  tow'ring  wing, 
Might  I  but  fly  without  a  firing." 

It  tug'd  and  pull'd,  while  thus  it  ipoke, 
To  break  the  firing — at  laft  it  broke. 
Deprived  at  once  of  all  its  flay, 
In  vain  it  try'd  to  fonr  away  ; 
Unable  its  own  weight  to  bear, 
It  flutter'd  downward  thro'   the  . 
Unable  its  own  courfe  to  guide, 
The  wind  foon  plung'd  it  in  the  tide. 
Ah!   foolilh  kite,  thou  licuPit  no  wing, 
How  could'ft  thou  fly  without  a  firing  ! 

heart  reply'd,  u  O  Lord,  1  fee 
How  much  this  kite  refembles  me  ! 

Forgetful 


P  O  E  M  S. 

Forgetful  that  by  ;hee  I  ftand, 

Impatient  of  thy  ruling  hand  ; 

How  of-t  I've  wihVd  to  break  the  lines 

Thy  wifdom  for  my  lot  affigns  ? 

How  oft  indulged  a  vain  dcfjre 

For  fomething  more,  or  fomething  higher  i 

And,  but  for  grace  and  love  divine, 

A  fall  thus  dreadful  had  been  mine/' 

A  Thought  on  the  Sea  Shore. 

i  tN  ev'ry  objeel  here  I  fee 
A  Something,  O  Lord,  that  leads  to  thee. 
Firm  as  the  rocks  thy  promife  ftands, 
Thy  mercies  countlefs  as  the  fands, 
Thy  love  a  Tea  immenfely  wide, 
Thy  grace  an  ever-flowing  tide. 

2  Tn  ev'ry  object  here  1  fee 

Something,  my  heart,  that  points  at  thee. 
Hard  as  the  rocks  that  bound  the  flrand, 
Unfruitful  as  the  barren  Mind, 
Deep  and  deceitful  «s  the  ocean, 
And,  like  the  tides,  in  conftant  motion. 

The  Spider  and  Toad. 

SOME  author  (no  great  matter  who, 
Provided  what  he  fays  be  true) 
Relates  he  faw,  with  boftile  rao-e, 
A  fpider  and  a  toad  engage  : 
For  tho'  with  poifon  both  are  ftor'd, 
Each  by  the  other  is  abhorred, 
It  feems  as  if  their  common  venom 
Provok'd  an  enmity  between  'em 
Implacable,  malicious,  cruel, 
Like  modern  hero  in  a  duel, 
The  fpider  darted  on  his  fee, 
Infixing  death  at  every  blow. 


The 


POEM  S, 

The  toid,  by   ready  inftincl  taught, 
An  :  when  wounded,  fought 

From  the  herb  Plantane,  growing  near, 
Weil  known  to  toads  iis  v.Ttues  rare, 
The   (pider's  poifon  to  repel ; 
It  cropp'd  the  leaf,  and  foon  was  well. 
This  remedy  it  often  try'd, 
And  all  the  fpider's  rage  defy'd. 
The  perfon  who  the  conteft  viewed, 
While  yet  the  battle  doubtful  flood, 
Remov'd  the  healing  plant  away  — 
And  thus  the  fpider  gain'd  the  day  : 
For  when  the  toad  return'd  once  more, 
Wounded,  as  it  had  done  before, 
To  feek  relief,  and  found  it  not, 
It  fwell'd  and  dy'd  upon  the  fpot. 

In  ev'ry  circumftance  but  one 
(Could  that  hold  too,  I  were  undone) 
can  reprefent  my  face 
re  juftly  than  this  tale  my  cafe. 
The  toad's  an  emblem  of  my  heart, 
And  Satan  acts  the  fpider's  part. 
EnvenomM  by  his  poifon,  I 
Am  often  at  the  point  to  die  ; 
But  he  who  hung  upon  the  tree,       ) 
n  guilt  and  wo  to  fet  me  free,  > 
Is  like  the  Piantane  leaf  to  me.        j 
To  him  my  wounded  foul  repairs, 
He  knows  my  pain,  and  hears  my  prayers ; 

•aw  by  faith, 
Which  faves  me  fr  of  death  : 

From  bim  frefli  life  and  ftrength  I  gain, 
tn  fpends  his  r 

Can  ro'j  mc  of  this   fare  reiburce  : 
Though  banifli'd  to 

■  (till  at  hat 

Though 


POEMS. 

Though  foolifli  men  its  worth  deny, 

perience  gives  them  all  the  lie; 
Though  Deiits  and  Socinians  join, 
Jefus  Hill  lives,  and  itill  is  mine. 
[  1  is  here  the  happy  difPrence  lies, 
My  Saviour  reigns  above  the  Ikies, 
5  et  to  my  ioul  is  always  near, 
For  lie  is  (hkI  and  every  where. 
His  blood  a  fovereign  balm  is   found 
For  cvYy  grief  and  evYy  wound  ; 
And  fooner  all  the  hills  (hall  flee 
And  hide  themfeives  beneath  the  lea  ; 
Or  oceatf,  ftartmg  from  its  bed, 
lliifh  o'er  the  doud-topt  mountain's  head  ; 
The  fun,  exhaufted  ot  its  light, 
Become  the  fource  of  endlels  night ; 
And  ruin  fpread  from  pole  to  pole, 
Than  Jell!*  fail  the  tempted  foul. 


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